Producer prices. Those numbers are crossing hotter than anticipated. 3 is what we expected. 6 is what they came in. Another pattern that inflation could still be sticky. In terms what have we have with the benchmark, the stoxx 600 is weaker at this stage as we get going today. Lets look at the different sectors as well to see how we are traveling. Technology at the bottom nasdaq was weaker in session yesterday. Pointing out the big a. I. Stocks, nvidia and microsoft, going in different direction. Microsoft with support and nvidia is the weakest link. Technology is down. 40 . Montcler and dior as well. We have retreat for retail names, but down less than. 10 . Red cropping up in financials. Insurance names pushing higher. Admiral at the top. Bnps is up 2 leading that banking basket. Food and drink in the green. Autos with volkswagen at the top of the basket. Utilities up. 40 . Oil and gas support. 50 . Telco on the back of vodafone after the sale of the italian asset is 6 higher. Lets l
Paul welcome to the journal editorial report. President biden and donald trump secure the delegates needed to clinch their partys nomination setting the stage for the first president ial rematch since 1956, most americans dont want that. Following the state of the Union Address President Biden has been barnstorming battleground states in pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, and michigan which were crucial to his victory but polls show the president narrowly trailing donald trump in those states which can he turn that around as the general Election Campaign kicks off . Lets go to doug showing. The initial polling after the State Of The Union suggests the president has not received a bump in his Approval Rating despite the fact so Many Democrats love that speech. Are you surprised . Not surprised. The speech was directed almost exclusively at democrats and to show that his cognitive issues as described by Special Counsel and others are not an issue. He wasnt really trying to change his Appr
Number. We get the ppi number and that tells us if inflation is sticking there. It was hotter in january. The tenyear note is sitting below 4. 2 at 4. 198. The twoyear note at 4. 26 . The head of the National Transportation safety board said Security Camera footage showing work done on the boeing max 9 door plug that blew out mid flight has been overwritten. In the letter to the Senate Committee and the chair and agency still lack critical information of the events that led up to the january incident and who performed work. Boeings Ceo Dave Calhoun said he was unable to provide the names of the workers. Boeing has no records of the work performed. Boeing says the company does not retain security footage for longer than 30 days. The work was in the factory last year and delivered in october. More news raising eyebrows and questions. Oh, my. Thats all i have to say. I know. I guess i have seen enough dateline and drama and you look at the footage and you say oh, no. You leave it in. You
You do have financials and Energy Taking up the slack to some degree. Inconclusive, indecisive action. Were 4 below the highs the treasury yields remain in fo focus. We did break out on tenyear yields above 4. 25 taking us back to 2008 the 30s are at 4. 40. Its a consistent story were pricing for a better growth economy, high real inflation adjustment yields. We can bet the economy can handle it or not plus a supply demand issue for debt. Look, the latest data is supportive of those higher yields we got jobless claims below 240. Psychologically important. Theres the yellow bankruptcy factoring in so far no evidence of real mass l layoffs in this economy. We have philly fed which was sharply higher and the first positive read since last august and prices paid inside of that, which a lot of people look at, looking for inflation cues was a little higher. You add that to the other data weve gotten this week its not earthshaking data. Its industrial productions, housing starts, retail sales
Moving averages. This months worst performer on the dow. Plus activism in the restaurant sector. Outback steakhouses Parent Company down sharply. Lets begin with the markets extending this weeks losses, not a lot going right, and today, mike, a lot of it surrounds china and worries about not just growth but the debt burden as well. You wouldnt say its a new factor bits been on the list o worries. You have one of these situations where once you have this pretty sharp break in momentum to the upside, several weeks ago, some breakdowns in the longer term trend, some concerns about, you know, valuation that were always there that are being exacerbated and why has the yield become unanchored, treasury yields, and even global yields . All that stuff in the mix and then you have the related concern of, oh, what might what stress points might we see emerge out of that . All thats in the mix. I do think, also, yesterday, with the yields making those new kind of 15year highs, you started to see