Within the dow. Take them out of the picture, things wouldnt be as bad as they are now. Were well off the earlier lows, down 400 points, down about 165 points but also fueling this, offsetting this if you will is talk of progress on that stimulus front. You remember where they were looking for republicans, another 250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program . Well they ran into a buzzsaw of criticism from democrats that argued it was too tilted to business so they wanted to make assurances for health care workers, hospitals, that sort of thing. I stress that they have reached a broad parameters of a deal. It is not a deal until they both mutually agree. Were seeing progress on the front. That mitigated losses in the dow and offset the oil impact. Edward lawrence joins us now from washington with how this is all progressing. Hey, edward. Reporter neil, close, very close. That is how it is being described. As you said no deal, no ink to paper as it were for this deal. Republicans ini
Indication of yesterdays rally. Dow futures up 121 points. Thats half 1 , s p futures up 13 and nasdaq up 24. Dow on track for worst quarter since 1987, s p 500 having worst quarter since 2008. Speaker nancy pelosi looking for a phase 4 coronavirus package calling for Infrastructure Spending now and more money sent directly to americans. Major retailers furloughing staff as Stores Remain closed, macys, stores, the gap, cutting payroll impacts hundreds of workers. Unemployment rate could top 32 . Mornings with maria live right now. We want to check Global Market this is morning. Last day of the First Quarter in europe, green across the board. Dax index in germany higher by 200 points. World Health Organization says there are signs the coronavirus may be approaching a peak in europe. In asia meanwhile markets were mixed, take a look at the numbers on asian markets, best performer there korea up better than 2 although japan was down 1 . China says factory activity is growing, purchasing M
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This is 3 declines for each of these markets. Joe, it looked worse overnight well see what happens as we get a little closer to the opening bell youve been watching the treasury. It was lockdown. It was lockdown for quite some time. And it really was about i couldnt help but saying, this is the politicians fault. It was if they had done what they looked like they were going to do as of friday, i dont think it would have been like that but then again, we may have had the, all right, they passed it, were up and then that sells off. In this world, i dont know what to hope for anymore. This is how it works, though. Im going to read something in a second that im so excited about. I even got more excited about this than i did about the futures not being locked down is,000 points. Weet gel well get to that. It was 954 points or something. Yields have come down. The tenyear was down at 0. 829 . Again, that volatility is spreading not only through the stock market but treasuries. Its been amazi
Reported cases of coronavirus with at least 60 deaths. The u. S. Travel ban on europe now has been expanded and it includes the United Kingdom and ireland effective monday at midnight overnight france and spain were put on lockdown with some of the worlds most famous cities closed to business back here at home. Chaos overnight. Countrys busiest airports with passengers waiting for hours at customs after rushing home from Europe Walmart and publix and wiegmanns are cutting hours to give their employees to restock shelves. We will take your questions live to our doctor coming up. Wet gel you the answers you need to stay healthy. Sunday spotlight with business grind to go a halt in major indices across the country what happens to all of those employees looking at uncertain future our sundays closer harry smith on this moment in america and the hope that our collective social distancing might bring us together later in our sunday sitdown a human ray of light in an otherwise dark week. Emmy