A half percent. Another thing i am watching as the rnc tax policy. Toer this hour, we are going look at taxes and how they play into wealth inequality. We are going to do that with Dorothy Brown november university. First, economic data. Confidence, 84. 8, the market was looking for 93. Ist is a week number that a weak number. This tell us something about the stimulus debate, the employment market in terms of the present situation. That has weakened significantly from the 94. 2. The expectation number has weakened as well from 91. 5. We have an 85. 2 this time around. Newhome sales continuing to drive onward. The Housing Market showing no respite. Look at the lumber prices. Sales, 901,000. That is a 13. 9 permit very strong number. Consumer may be starting to show signs of weakness and concern. Lets talk about the market today. We have already indicated what we are seeing is stocks, global stocks continuing to push on very strongly. What is the excuse . U. S. Chinese officials holding
Josh lipton will cover apple for us josh, what are you looking for kelly, here is what the streets going to be looking for from tim Cooks Company after the close here earnings per share of 3. 86. That will be on revenue of about 87. 28 billion that will represent gains of 15 and 11 . Iphone units, 80 million with an average selling price of 756. Key metric for investors, march revenue guidance, the street expecting 65 billion, meaning a jump of 24 . Apple stock is about 7 off that recent high we saw of 180 in midjanuary on concerns of demand for the iphone x. Though, there are some apple suppliers who are probably saying some of these reports we were hearing about steep Production Cuts were actually overstated we should soon have a better idea guys, back to you. Josh, how key is the china number particularly when it comes to the iphone . It is very key, wilfred we have a debate there are some including bulls at morgan stanley, theyre very bullish on apples business in china. We saw the
Only the second, since the end of the fiveweek shutdown brought on by the debt crisis. Bank shares were pushed to the downward trading limit yesterday of 30 . One analyst said the bailout will not work if greek banks do not bounce back. The greek Banking System is key to getting them back. They have to recapitalize the major banks quickly and they have major problems with their nonperforming. Once you get the greek banks of an lending, there is no hope for the plan to succeed. Erik in the bleak financial picture, the Central Bank Says almost 1. 3 billion has flowed academic countries bank since reopened two weeks ago. Scheier is making an offer in hopes of creating a Biotech Company focused on rare diseases. The price of the about the billion dollars and scheier says that represents premium of 36 and values the target company at more than 45 a share. No deal on the horizon right now and shire it spun off from baxter and they are not talking about the proposal. John cleary is in singapo
Consumers and businesses cut spending and asked its fell. That is a set of that is a setback for shinzo abe. Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel is saying she is willing to consider debt relief degrees. She made her first Public Comments since area finance ministers endorsed bailout for greece. She is confident the imf will join bailout. There may be some leeway on the Interest Rates the greeks are paying on their debt. Searchers in indonesia have found the wreckage of a commercial prop just that appeared to have crashed prop jet that appeared to have crashed into a mountain. There were 54 people on board. And lost contact with the air Traffic Control while flying in cloudy weather. He is elected president , donald trump says he would deport all undocumented immigrants from the u. S. The republican president ial candidate laid out his position on immigration in a fourpage document yesterday. He appeared on meet the press. Donald trump we have to a whole new set of standards. When people
About 8 billion to banks at discounted rates. The goal is to allow the firms to relend the money to small businesses. Its been more than 24 hours since swiss Central Banks shocked the financial world. It abandoned its cap on the euro an were still learning about the fall out. Regulators around the world are looking for information about what happened and how some retail brokerages entered insolvency. It says the volatility left it with a negative equity balance and its trying to sure up its capital. Lets take a look at whats happening with the u. S. Equity futures this morning. The dow was down by triple digits yesterday. The dow was indicated down by 42 points. S p few turs down by 6 and the nasdaq down by over 28 points. Of course as weve seen what happens in these early hours is no indication of what would happen by the market close. No indication of what would happen by the market open. So true. A lot of volatility out there. It is. Corporate news this morning, heres our early stoc