Hardpressed drillers . We will ask. Now we are quoting the next contract for june delivery. The price coming in at, where was it moments ago, what was it, 15, 16 a barrel. The president will fill the Strategic Petroleum reserve with up to 75 billion barrels. That helps storage capacity. But it makes no impression on collapsing demand which is at the heart of the oil price problem. A lot of people expect that that price, the one we see right now, what was it, 16, 15 a barrel, expect it to down from here. Well see. Stocks, theyre down in part because of the Oil Situation. Its another indicator of how badly the virus is affecting the economy. Investors not happy about the demise of Americas Energy industry. The dow will be down 500, s p, lets see, 54 points down and the nasdaq down about 82. A small loss in percentage terms compared to the dow and the s p. Well, the president s twitter account active last night, late last night. He called the virus the invisible enemy and said he would is
President s chief economic adviser larry kudlow. Hes going to join us. Thats the question we will ask, when, where and how will some americans be able to get back to work. Now, check out the market. It reopens today after a threeday weekend. Last week was one of the best weeks in decades, with the dow rising 12 . No significant pullback this morning. We are down just maybe 70 odd points for the dow industrials and well above 23,500. How about that. The s p down about. 33 and the nasdaq, same thing, down about. 33 . That is not a significant pullback. Not helping the stock market is a forecast from jpmorgan. They suggest that gdp could fall 40 this quarter and unemployment could reach 20 . Now, that is a dire prediction. Check out the price of oil. The u. S. , russia, saudi arabia and other Oil Producers have announced an agreement that would take 9. 7 Million Barrels of oil a day off the world market. However, that has had very little impact. It may put a floor under the price of oil b
Brandnew high right there and the nasdaq, poised for another 30 , 30point gain, 9,000, getting close to 9,300 actually, the latest rally very well received the china trade deal, signals new economic relationship between worlds two biggest economists, formers, manufacturers, Tech Companies and they all get help with this and the economy likely insulated from my threat of recession this year. Theres more trade help on the way for the market as well, Mitch Mcconnell says the senate will pass usmca legislation at 11 00 oclock eastern time this morning, so in a matter of days, america concluded deals with four new partners, mexico, canada, china, japan, all good stuff and theres a lot more to come, here is a tease for you n a moment you will hear exactly what senator warren said to senator sanders in the Heated Exchange right after the debate, you know, its fascinating to hear socialists call each other liars, stay right there, its coming for you, promise, Varney Company is about to begin.
President trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all of my movements. He, i wouldnt do anything without consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president. It wasnt just military aid. It was all aid. Basically the relationships would be soured. Several demands at that point. The most important one was announcement of the biden investigation. Neil consider what lev parnas was saying and accusing Rudy Giuliani of, president of the united states, and by extension the Vice President of the united states, that they were misrepresenting themself. This was not going after corruption in ukraine, individual event by individual event, visit by visit, it was all to get dirt on bidens. A lot of people dismissed that, including White House Press secretary, this is guy is trying to do being attractions to reduce time in prison. The surgical interview Rachel Maddow conducted last night, whether youre a fan of that rival network, did present in a way the arguments, this was about chasing corrupt
We will ask. Bear in mind its a volatile market. Who knows how we will close today. Now, heres the really big reversal. Yesterday, that key interest rate, the tenyear yield, had dropped to 1. 59 . It was a massive move. Now its 1. 73 . A massive move in the opposite direction. Heres the question. If that bond was a safe haven yesterday, why is it not today . We will ask. Breaking overnight. I. C. E. Raided Food Processing plants in mississippi, apprehending 680 people believed to be illegals. The left is all over this one, describing the arrests as horrifying and horrendous. Mississippis governor will be on the show later this hour. Lets get right at it. Varney company starts now. Stuart start with the markets. You have to. Another wild reversal. Michelle mckinnon is with us. Tell me, what was that all about . A couple things. I think the market is now pricing in that 10 additional tariff, really wouldnt be the end of the world, because lets face it stuart the reversal. Thats why we re