Market, that is the title. Retail earnings rolling out this morning. Economic data showing customers are slowing their spending. October retail sales data shows the slowest growth in about six month. Joining us to break it down is michael mckee, Bloomberg Economic and policy correspondent. Michael we call it getting whacked upside the head here in the colonies. In april, just a 0. 3 gain for the month of october, down from 1. 6 in the month of october, with the pendant was at its worst in april. Only five of 13 categories rose last month, compared with 11 of 13 in the prior month. October andm november seems to be getting worse. Jp morgan economists report that chase card spending has fallen notably in the first part of this month. It is, as they say, really dropping off,. That suggests a weaker month ahead. Who knows what will happen with black friday, if anybody cares about that anymore, but it is a clear americans are cutting back. The actual results come a much less meaningful than
Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. Its a mixed fwoog day retail earnings, amazon pharmacy, covid19 restrictions, fed speak. Were going to begin this morning on capitol hill as both Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey testify before Senate Judiciary on censorship, suppression, and, of course, the 2020 election our Julia Boorstin is monitoring this and can tell us what happened so far. Julia . Well, carl, senator Lindsey Graham focusing on what he sees as a need to revise section 230, thats the rule that protects social media platforms for legal liability for content. He says facebook and constituenter wetwitter were making editorial decisions and far more transparent standards are necessary. He called out the Mental Health risks associated with social media use. On the other side of the aisle, richard bloomenthal, he is calling for breakup of the platforms. Mark zuckerberg supports change to section 230 dorsey pointing out they need to walk a f
You will do a data check better than me. What i would look at is the news flow that is out there, and the clear message i get in every conversation is corporations are adapting and adjusting to a slowing economy knowing theres vaccines are out there. Obviously, the celebration yesterday. Jonathan and that is the market celebration, societys celebration about the outlook, not the here and now. President elect joe biden talking about a dark are to come a dark winter to come. Saying he bold might be full. Just a little bit of pessimism, or at least questioning the euphoria of the last couple of weeks. Tom you see it in the minutia right now. Spx and dow have green on the have red on the screen. The nasdaq has green on the screen. The real debate is what happens second and Third Quarter next year. That is what all of the yearend outlooks are going to be. I know you read every word of every yearend outlook. Jonathan i wonder how many will have to be rewritten over the next few months. Tom i
To limit debate on the nomination of judy shelton for Federal Reserve board. Three republican senators have announced opposition to her confirmation, and the vote is expected to be tonight. That vote is scheduled for 2 15 eastern time when senators return frotheir weekly party meetgs. The chaplain let us pray. Mighty god, help our lawmakers to not put their complete trust in mere humans who are as frail as each breath. Instead, give them the wisdom to totally trust you to guide them in doing what is best for our nation and world. Lord, remind them that eventually all will be well for those who pursue godliness, and that you reward those who diligently seek you. May they remember that you will judge their work and reward their faithfulness, for they are accountable to you. Inspire them to continue to plant and water the seeds of peace, knowing that a bountiful harvest will surely come. Keep their motives pure as they seek to glorify you. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presidin
Use authorization its covid19 vaccine. You can see pfizer punching up about 1. 7 at the moment. Remember that were looking at a comeback perhaps late in the day, in the next 59 minutes, because that is the dow had fallen 430 points, now we are down just 116. Any gain for the s p, the russell or the transports means another record. Were not there yet right now. The nasdaq up 9 points. Fed chair Jerome Powell also giving markets a boost by calling on congress to get moving, already, on a new stimulus package. Former chair of the council of economic advisers under george w. Bush and now Columbia Business School emeritus dean, Glenn Hubbard is here on whether we need it, how big it should be and how worried he is about the precarious recovery. The ceos of facebook and twitter forced to run the Senate Judiciary committee gauntlet on capitol hill once again. One senator equating the social media sensations as quote, modern day robber barons. The ceo of whats being called the antifacebook is