Kind of takes the relief trade, if you will, out of the treasury market. Have a vaccine but have to deal with the rising case counts. Its difficult for Bond Investors to show no caution to the wind. Think about what actually has the chance to survive. Jeff rosenberg is joining us right now. What a week it has been in the market, tested in several fronts. Lets talk about credit first. We have the fed and the treasury having a little bit of a spat over the emergency programs introduced this year. I have to say this market has responded quite well to it. What was your take . The the most important of support measures are not affected, these were not used very much. They were most effective on announcement date, not much uptake. The market is seeing through that, and its a little bit less of a significant Market Reaction because it is less of a significant issue, if those support measures were to fall away. Pointsn as my colleague out, hasnt harmed the appetite for debt. We have been tryin
1. 8 trillion. And jobless claims disappointed the street coming in at 898,000. It was the highest rating since mid august. Rising coronavirus cases in europe and the u. S. Affecting sentiment. 59 minutes left of trade down only 23 on the dow. The european measures definitely weighed on european markets. We have improved since the european close coming up, we will speak with gregg lemkau about how the pandemic changed the m a landscape. Plus the ceo of zoom will talk about the companys efforts to branch out beyond video meetings and the stocks run thissier. Fir mike, lets start with you the Broader Markets well off the session lows. A resilient showing throughout the last few years. You mentioned the market lows in the u. S. Were just before the european close perhaps that was one of the bigger pressure points, the overseas action. Where it has taken us though is really hasnt disturbed much of the trend. This is this area. Last week we broke above this range we have been in for a while
Day for the Federal Reserve system. It is a meeting of mystery. Our Michael Mckee will be there for the press conference, special coverage this afternoon. But right now, a great conversation on some of the challenges that we are going to see. Jon ferro, to me, the major challenge, with futures up 17, you mentioned this earlier, this morning, is the two americans that are out there, that two americans that are out there right now, jon ferro, are nothing like what john edwards ever thought he would see. Jonathan just compare and contrast, tom, take the airlines on one hand you can take any sector, the retail sector, and compare it to fintech right now. Big tech on fire. Other companies, tom, literally slashing in tens of thousands, and a central bank that has to set policy for both economies. That is a tremendously difficult position to be in as a central bank right now, and that will create distortion. Some would argue that is already happening. Tom Lisa Abramowicz, within your reading,
There is no question, in all my years, this is the oddest jobs day, with a bomb shale with a bombshell earlier this morning. The president had the first have contracted the virus. We will show a shot of the white house here in a bit, describing the second floor and the president s president ial rooms. Right now, we are beginning to hear with our bloomberg reporting from people in washington. Jonathan heard from jen jacob in her reporting before the top of the hour on the aids close to closeesident the aides to the president that were concerned. We understand the Vice President has tested negative, so that is good news for mike pence. What we dont know yet is whether former Vice President joe biden is out. We understand he will be tested at some point today. It is a highprofile track and trace. Everyone that has been in contact with the president , with hope hicks over the last week or so. Who where they . Have they been tested . It is an odd payrolls friday because 29 minutes away from
Washington, do something, and do something on this august 7. Jonathan 1 away from alltime highs on the s p 500 coming into this one. Equity futures off by 0. 4 . The data 90 minutes away. Lisa we are getting the u. S. July jobs report. This is backward looking, and only goes back to the first half before the virus started to reshutter businesses. How much urgency is there for negotiations about the fiscal second round of support . I hear someone will be speaking on bloomberg television, national akamai Council Director larry kudlow, speaking with some guy that is on at that point. Tom oh really . Jonathan thank you for the promo. [laughter] lisa then tomorrow, Berkshire Hathaway reporting earnings. Really interesting to see what they are going to do with their 137 billion cash pile. This is a microcosm if the u. S. Economy. Interesting to see any guidance about how some of them are weathering this period. Jonathan the price action shaping up as follows. In the bond market, treasury yie