Way to the indian border. Theres tangible issues. No question they are flexing their muscle right now. What i would notice in this market on a quiet wednesday, i know you will do the data check here. Publishing moments ago this bullish consumer view, and that was a game changer yesterday with the retail sales report. Jonathan we will catch up on the geopolitics a little later in the hour. Equity futures up 19 on the s p 500, focusing a move higher over the last several weeks, up by 0. 6 . Just surprise after positive surprise. The economic surprise index in the United States is absolutely flying. And it is at a record high searching higher after yesterdays retail sales beat. It was just an absolute trout. Today absolute trounce. Today i am going to be watching the u. S. May building and housing permits starts to get a taste of what we may expect. U. S. Loan purchase applications hit an 11 year high last week, so that should be some sort of indicator. 12 00 p. M. , fed chair jay powellc
Edward tom good morning. Wfh, as the jargon now, you work from home. When do we all get back to the office . We thank you for watching. A really interesting wednesday. There are a lot of political moments, theres international relations. In the market, im sorry. I started out this morning with on, and all much going now a bid to equities once more. Jonathan you the word crosscurrents. I think that is the right word this week. We have betterthanexpected data in the United States. I think the data right now is absolutely critical. The Federal Reserve has played a huge role in this market, and clearly that is exacerbating this, but the veracity comes from the betterthanexpected data. You have to say that this rally tracks that pretty well so far. Tom lisa abramowicz, what have you learned about the efficacious nature of fed policy . Is it helping right now . Lisa it is helping to push down yields and push up prices of assets across the board, and certainly hoping to encourage companies to
Futures pointed to the loss of more than 400 points we saw oil rebound then finally, can you see the dow futures up treasury yields suddenly backing down a little after getting up 1. 2 on the 10year yesterday now getting to the latest. Yesterday, california issued a statewide order for california residents to stay home other states and cities are taking similar steps mack, is that coming here . We dont know at this point. Closing dinein restaurants, bars, clubs and gyms washington is working on programs to keep the economy afloat steve leaiesman is like the norh star hes here. Hes got the tie on. Eamon jafers no offense that you went tieless. You have some response on the fiscal stimulus as well. Maybe well get to talk about that great market timing of a couple of those senators too that is an important one. That really angers americans we had a couple of u. S. Senators exposed in the press yesterday for uncanny timing of selling stocks richard burr sold his stocks on february 13. Some
Lauren it is march 17th, Saint Patricks day. It will look a lot different this year. Good morning to you at home. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl im cheryl casone. As you can tell, our show looks a little different this morning. Fox business is practicing social distancing during the coronaVirus Outbreak, just like all of you are, hopefully at home this morning. Lauren the show must go on. We have a packed hour for you, lots of information to get to you so lets get to it and take a look at how your money is moving this morning. The good news is, futures are up about 1 across the board, 200 points on the dow, this comes after the biggest drops weve ever seen. The dow will open today at the lowest level since 2017. Cheryl markets plummeting yesterday, the worst losses since 1987, the market really closing at the close after the president indicated this crisis could last until july or august. There are the closing numbers from yesterday. The dow lost 2,997 points, almost 13 , s p down 324 and
To go through. Jackie deangelis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Chad pergram has plenty of news on capitol hill well get to. First Hillary Vaughn live at white house. Hillary . Reporter connell, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says he wants to put cash in peoples hands, as part of a economic stimulus package tied to the coronavirus crisis. Meeting with senators on capitol hill asking for 200 billion for these Cash Payments would be a check or direct deposit, saying he wants to get cash into peoples hands in two weeks. I asked secretary mnuchin if theyre looking boosting the Restaurant Industry in addition to airlines as part of an Economic Relief package. Mnuchin says they will be rolling out special program that helps small and midsized businesses restaurants an franchisees will be a part of that. This is not like a normal economic situation. Government has requested that parts of this economy shut down and the president is determined, you can think of this as, Business