Secured their biggest pay rise since 1991, giving the central bank the confidence to make its move. One that puts decades of deflation in the rear view mirror. Lets go live to shizuoka in japan and Seijiro Takeshita professor at the univesity of shizuoka. Good to have you on the programme. We knew this was coming, it has happened, give us your reaction. Us your reaction. Well, as you said, it us your reaction. Well, as you said. It was us your reaction. Well, as you said, it was expected us your reaction. Well, as you said, it was expected because of the Pre Requisites were set, basically, 5. 2 increase by Larger Companies, pay rise. We expected only form per sense of that history very well. We have the Inflation Target which is to present a morejust been fulfilled so basically, prerequisites for lifting off from this secure operation of negative Interest Rate is finally here. It negative Interest Rate is finally here. Finally here. It is finally here, finally here. It is finally here.
Fall. The central bank shift as the bank of japan ends the negative Interest Rates. Later, with the National Association of realtors settlement means for realtor s and brokers. Its tuesday, march 19th, 2024. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Good morning and welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Thank you so much for being with us. Lets get you ready for the trading day ahead. We kickoff the hour with the stock futures check with the positive session for stocks yesterday and hthe fed kicking off the twoday policy meeting. The s p is flat. Dow is just down a bit. We are checking the yields. The benchmark coming in at 4. 32 . We will watch the moves this morning. We want to look at energy market. Look at the oil which is coming off the highest close since october. It is fractionally higher. Wti is trading above 80 a barrel. 83 a barrel. Brent crudeat 87 a barrel this morning. Thats the set up. Lets turn our attention overseas and the story of the boj and the impact with the
Three averages but down 0. 4 and the nasdaq, that tech trade that is the laggard, down about 1 at this point and, of course, the russell has been struggling this week. We want to watch that one as well. When it comes to sectors, again, technology is the biggest laggard down more than 1. 3 , and energy is leading the way but up just 0. 3 . Its been an interesting week. Steve weiss, i will start with you, and i know mike and sara were ending the show talking about nvidia. Its up today. However, it is down about 10 from those meteoric highs but up about 80 year to date. What do you think . Have we seen the best of nvidia for a while . I dont know. Thats a great question. In the meeting coming up, who knows what theyll say at the meeting. Sure. Still the only game in town really. But its not really an nvidia issue. We havent seen the others down as much like meta or microsoft. Theyre barely off their highs. They look like theyre down move because of the dollar moves. On a percentage move,
Its nobody, no safe no more. Now, at 730, hes highlighting life here in oakland in an effort to try to help turn things around in the city. And assessinguthe damage to school. The fire and the additional problems caused by the flames. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. A fewudisruptions to the start of the school week for many students. Thanksuso much for joining me on this monday night. Im heather holmes. The fire at Amador Valley high school in pleasanton remains under investigation. Our crystal bailey isuhere now with more on the damage and well, heather, ts is no one was injured and the fireuhappened when nothing was happening at the school. But it wasnt the only fire on campus in the last 24 hours. Officials say the small gymnasium at Amador Valley high school caught fire just before 8 00 sunday night. The is used for sports, after School Activities and testing. Last night, when we saw what was happening, you know, they said that the roof was collapsing and all of a sudden that wa
Hand. C im live with an expert to talk about the tool and how it could help women stay healthy. n from ktvu, fox two news. This is the for. All right. While the stock market today saw modest gains, a triumph for tech on wall street, shares of santa clara based nvidia are up more than 6. And the Company Joining the 2 billion club with its skyrocketing valuation as it solidifies its role at the center boom. Welcome everyone to the four this afternoon im alex savage and hello everyone im Heather Holmes of the worlds greatest scientists and engineers are among those converging for nvidias gtc conference 2024. Gary live outside thatter jesse Convention Center in downtown san jose with more on whats happening there. Jesse heather and alex, good afternoon to you spand all eyes and ears are locd on the new ai chips that unveile sphere in downtown san jose. Over the course of the week. While investors in the overall economy may be a little nervous rates, those on wall street and at least one ma