A beautiful new york today. Good morning in washington boston. Early good morning out in san francisco, to all of you across this nation on sirius xm. We also say good morning to anna edwards in london. Why are we doing this . It is august. Ferro is off. From whats is off abramowitz is off. I said, i want anna edwards, and here she is. I am going to go optimism here with bob doll any moment, with home depot and walmart and all that. Explain to our american audience the place of Marks Spencer in the United Kingdom psychology, and what it means that one in 10 bodies will be shown the door. This isnt necessarily a very optimistic way to start the hour, but Marks Spencer, a huge retailer that was on every high street in the u. K. It is going to be getting rid of one in 10 of its staff, mostly through retirements and the like, but it is not just about covid19. This is a secular trend that has been affecting the retailers. Not only do they have to deal with the fact that a lot of their custo
Kansas citys economic symposium titled, navigating the decade ahead. Implications for Monetary Policy. Name is esther george, president of the kansas city fed. Im pleased to be joined by Federal Reserve chairman jay powell as well as many of my colleagues from the Federal Reserve and by other central bankers, academics, public and private Sector Economists and members of the news media. Foras been our custom nearly four decades to welcome you to beautiful jackson hole, wyoming, part of the region served by the kansas city fed. Returning forward to to that setting next year. Format, instead of expressing my gratitude to those who travel around the globe to attend the symposium while managing jet lag, i will offer my appreciation to those attempting to manage local time zone where the current time now ranges from 6 00 a. M. Thursday to 1 00 a. M. Friday. This year has been an extraordinary one for Monetary Policy and central banking. Many of the issues that weve talked about for some tim
Tom up mount marcy, down mount marcy, across saranac lake. Unbelievable. Jon ferro still on sabbatical. People say, why are you here . To be honest, its because i was moving. Theres a lot of that going on. While you were gone, we got some housing data. One of the things we got out there is a booming Housing Market with the haves. Lisa people who can buy houses will, although people who can be at work and avoid being tormented for being off for one week may do so. Maybe jon will prolong his vacation in order to not be lambasted for being on a sabbatical. What about you . Arent you going to do some portage . I heard you love that. Tom no, we are going to try to get the kids back to school and move forward. We welcome you back on bloomberg television, bloomberg radio. Everyone hearing about this challenge of virtual learning, back in the classroom. Simply getting people back to the office. The summary is it is not happening, is it . Lisa no. My youngest kid is beginning school today onlin
Laura. Jim, one of those every now and then we get a day that is truly consequential and that certainly fits at least the expectations for powells speech. I wish that we hadnt come in so hot when you have a company that gains 50 billion in one day, salesforce, when you have a tremendous number of nasdaq stocks that have just kind of out of control to the upside you dont want to have anything that could disrupt that i think its heightened, im glad were covering every minute of t david, you know that this is a day that we would normally be talking about abbott labs and talking about the mysterious tiktok mayor issue which are both huge stories but we have to defer to jay powell. We do we have to defer to powell we have to continue to understand what the fed Balance Sheet will look like with that 3 trillion thats been added to it which is a staggering sum, guys jim, your point is well taken. Yesterday salesforce i have rarely seen anything like that move, yes, they were extraordinarily st
Tiktok is said to be making contingency plans for a u. S. Shutdown, joining microsoft to challenge a bid from oracle. Australia winds up turning season like never before with a recession and record government stimulus. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening slightly higher. This as we had another record high in the u. S. With the s p 500 soaring for a fifth consecutive session. We have financial and real estate sectors being the biggest gains. We have banks benefiting. Treasury yields were higher. We had the yield curve widening. Powell chair jerome speaking at jackson hole, conveying a dovish and more relaxed approach. Higher yields leading to the dollar rebounding. U. S. Weekly jobless claims remaining above one million. Not to mention the economic gdp numbers contracting slightly less than forecasted due to oil prices looking like this. About 43 ag barrel. We had oil declining through the new york session as laura barreled into lo