Points. 770 is the yield on the 10year treasury right now. The yield on the 30year treasury below 1. 35 . It is now down 18 basis points at 1. 358 on the 30year. Mortgage rates are hitting record lows, how you can take advantage of this, these yields are tied to mortgages so we could see refi activity as well. Coronavirus crisis, one hundred thousand confirmed cases worldwide. That number is expected to increase. President trump says that the u. S. Economy could take a hit but says it is all going to work out and everybody should be calm. The democratic field is thinning out. Elizabeth warren the latest to drop out of the 2020 race but not making an endorsement just yet. Meanwhile this Jpmorgan Chase jamie dimon is recovering from emergency heart surgery this morning. The surgery was successful and dimon is awake and alert. Plus nashville recovery, President Trump headed to tornado ravished area today after approving disaster declaration, we will tell you there live this morning for a
Policy correspondent. This is more than the fed might have done. Michael last time i remember a 50 basis point cut was 2001 no, 2008. , the initial cut the last time no, 2008,rise the initial cut. The last time we had a surprise rate cut was 2001. When they do it before the markets open, heres the money quote. Coronavirusout the posing evolving risk to economic activity, and say in light of these risks and in support of achieving its maximum employment and price stability goals, the committee decided today to lower the target rates for the federal funds rate by one half 1. 25 . Age point to a major move by the fed today to put a floor under markets and maybe try to get ahead of any damage out there, although, as a lot of people will tell you, it isnt clear that the fed is going to be able to really do a lot with this except help the markets. The statement goes on to say the committee is closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook, and will use their
Coronavirus. Obamaso sell barack we saw apple yesterday or the day before. We saw ashares selloff because vacated senate seat. It is difficult to do guidance. Fly up tol apply puma says the negative impact from coronavirus on sales will four paying customers on the be felt. Ship it uses to fly astronauts we dont have a number yet. Into space. It is a very fluid situation is it opens the way for private a lot of companies try to figure space tourism, but there is no out what it means for their price tag yet. Globalist when he four hours per supply chains and when it will quicktake. And in pick up again. We are watching individual stocks across the board. Stocks in europe being supported by the idea that the pboc and daylobal news 24 hours per officials in china will do more quicktake. On to spur the economy. 09. T crude at 58 francine russia temporarily we will speak with a deutsche banned the chinese from entry. Telekom chief executive. The who says beijings continuing efforts in hubei
I dont think the feds job is to make sure there is never a recession. Viviana speaking of Central Banks, their independence often perplexes political leaders. Not just the white house. I would like the central bank not only to work on controlling inflation, but thinking about growth as well. Viviana the outgoing and incoming heads of the imf had plenty to say to bloomberg about global trade. We need to have fair trade. We need to have reciprocated benefits in trade. We are talking about trade, peace, not trade war. Viviana a u. S. Election looming in 2020. Key figures in the political conversation buckle up for a wild ride. The economy is outperforming expectations. Economic policies from the president are working. I think our capitalism has to be more inclusive. We believe in Free Expression and we believe in political speech. Viviana it is all straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. I am viviana hurtado. On this special edition of bloomberg best,
Season jpmorgan crushes estimates, citi and wells are mixed ahead of the open. Plus sustainability is becoming the new standard, blackrock ceo saying the Climate Crisis is about to trigger fundamental reshaping of finance. And the tesla rally rolls on shares now up more than 100 in the past three months alone. Well start with bank earning, jpm, chase, citi, each posting better than expected results. Wells fargo shares moving lower on its miss. New ceo charlie sharp our cost structure is too high and i believe there are many areas where we will be able to increase our rate of growth. Efficiency really the story on wells, jim well, i got to tell you, im a total believer in Charlie Scharf and what he did at visa hes the most technologically inclined ceo in the bank group it has the most opportunity after this washout it is a washout. I dont think charlie will waste any more time. He has to address these things and he will. In the meantime, jamie diamond, what can i say about jpmorgan . It