Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp and heard from borrowers and challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive travelled through the districts to speak with Business Owners about how they faired through the pandemic. And ive heard some of the successes and challenges they face with the ppp. And uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrower who is eventually access the loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated and conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan for proceeding consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness and effectively convert the loan into a grant which was the congressional intent i
Growth rate and job creation, now if you put the fed statement and higher jobless claims together, thats whats pushing stock prices down this morning. Look at it. The dow is off about 100, s p 60, nasdaq about 31, more on that in a second. All right, did you watch night 3 of the Democrats Convention . It was hate trump night. Speaker after speaker layed into the president in personal terms. He gets the blame for everything. Seems to me like the democrats have not gotten over their loss 4 years ago. The president was live tweeting all the way through. We will show you both sides of this, of course, but seems to me like all of the democrats have is hate trump. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart look at the red ink on the markets, first of all, down across the board but not that much. Lets get right at it. Larry kudlow, director of Economic Council at the white house. Larry, negatives this morning. More than 1. 1 million jobless claims, the fed says the virus is hurting growth, back
Movers was in the s p 500 this week. Tshirt. Ands and your underpants, right . I guess what. When you work at home, you still need your briefs. [laughter] still with us, hopefully, david balin. David, we are heading into the heart of the earnings season next week. Earnings companies next week, that is the real meat of it. What are you looking for to see from these companies . Margin improvement . Revenue growth . Or are you still concerned about the bottom line . Those three, but more importantly we are looking for the trajectory, the information they provide about the trajectory in their business at this point. The Balance Sheet health of the companies and their ability to fund operations, the degree to which they are bringing back employees and we are looking at changes in competitive position, which you touched on several times in the weeks passed to see if companies are actually gaining share in their respective businesses. So, its a lot of data that we think indicates the degree t
The averages pulled back this afternoon with the dow sinking 170 points, s p shedding. 6 and nasdaq advancing the companies that help you deal with post covid reality take it in stride. Analysts finally realize people are investing in homes like we havent seen since the financial period or maybe a whiff of paint and Stanley Black and decker moving power tools or mortgage numbers. Lows hit a new alltime high 4 just like that and you can get this stuff this is not exactly Rocket Science when youre stuck at home of course you spend money on Home Improvement its a capital, not an expensive when uncle sam writes you a check for 1200. Were in an old enough to repaint moment you buy the stocks of lowes or home depot you cant go out for anything. Movies, no, sports, concerts, nothing. Everything is cancelled gatherings are too risky you stay at home and get a cheap firepit, light up the kings ford, clorox product, wipe down the chairs with cclorox, can you go anywhere without these now . I can
In the corporate world office cash and apologies for historic racism. Critics say people want more than just words and serious action is needed. Lets get you a look at the markets. We had a whipsaw session as these comments from jay powell really causing investors to take a step back and consider the amount of risk being put on the table with this record rally weve seen this year. We are seeing on the downside when it comes to trading in u. S. Futures. Down by 4 10 of 1 . Chicago futures, also pointing like a down stock when it comes to trading. Over in tokyo, i should say. In sydney, a downside of 1. 4 . Interestingly, we are seeing that strong rotation from gross into value stocks in the australian market. New zealand, on the downside of. 25 despite rough data that suggests credit card data for may saw a bounce in consumer spending. Story, back to our top the Federal Reserve sent the most dovish signal it could after they didnt. Make a policy change Kathleen Hays is here. She has pow