I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus behind us. I want to quote Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day. I think it was a week or so ago that inflationary risks are also asymmetric. He said, im much more worry about falling short of a complete recovery and losing peoples careers and lives they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about the damage that will do, not just to their lives but to the United States economy, to the productive capacity of the economy. Im more concerned abou
A lot of the jobs that have been lost since the pandemic are being recovered. No question it was a much better number than was expected with the headline being 1. 4 million jobs added and the Unemployment Rate going below double digits for the First Time Since the pandemic adding it all up we now have recovered since april a total of about 10. 6 million jobs, which is huge progress, but it also leaves a huge hole we still have 11. 5 million fewer jobs than we had in february which was the month before the pandemic so weve still got to dig ourselves out of the hole and weve still got to look at the permanent impact of all of this. One in the numbers i went to first in this report is the number of people seeing permanent job losses it did rise by about half a million. Its 3. 4 million so that is the highest level since 2013 and does point to the fact that there is going to be some permanent scarring despite the fact, carl, that we are seeing progress, its moving in the right direction. T
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
Back to the office. Jonathan ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and tom keene. Justews flow this morning in this hour is extraordinary. We are going to take time with david coston on the equity markets. Just importantly, lagarde at the bottom of the hour. Ecbthan we will hear from president Christine Lagarde. The struggle continues to get a clean read on the u. S. Economy. Tom it is two worlds. Its about finance and Morgan Stanley and great. What its really about is we really lose perspective on the tangible hardship thats out there. Lisa we are going to get a sense of that with the churn in the unemployment numbers. We are expecting a decline in total filings. Are we seeing a significant number of increases in areas hit harder by the virus . Futures 22. 28. 82 the center tendency. Yesterday we spoke with Michael Holland with decades of experience. Is with Goldman Sachs. Just as importantly, what not to own. What do i not want to own right now . You want to avoid are companies that have a shorter
Published in scranton, pennsylvania. Always a tough coal mining economy there. Scranton, pennsylvania at 15 , but you know it is much higher. Normal, andre near willech will it directly address this American Labor economy. Sequentialespite the month on month improvement we have seen, we expect to see some elevated jobless claims again in around 90 minutes. One of the main things people are looking at is the continuing claims, which are expected to tick lower, a good thing, but not that much lower. We will get those numbers at 11 30 a. M. A lot of people parsing the numbers under that, in terms of people getting relaid off after getting rehired. The u. S. Is also selling 30 year bonds. Yesterday, the auction of 10 year notes came with a record low yield of 0. 65 sent. Interesting to see whether the demand will be there for even longer dated bonds amid a deepening deficit. Heading to his childhood home near scranton, pennsylvania. Interesting he is taking a more moderate approach then so