Damaging as the financial crashes. Italy is taking steps to contain the worst infection rate outside of china. All businesses and pharmacies are ordered to close. Shery lets get you a check of the markets in the u. S. We had the dow fall into a bear. Arket territory, falling 20 the s p 500 a hair away from the 19 lower than the previous high. We had every group on the s p 500 sinking more than 3 . The nasdaq down 4. 7 . U. S. Futures under pressure. We have seen no more details on the substantive stimulus that President Trump had promised. In the afternoon, he said at one point that the u. S. May not need the fiscal measures. That did not sit well with the markets. U. S. Futures gaining 2 10 of 1 . We will see how we do without how we do throughout the rest of the session. News and headlines dominate market sentiment. Sophie a lot of caution. A she futures pointing lower despite the global stimulus engine being revved up. In new zealand, a fiscal response is being considered. The rbnz
74 basis points. Everything is down. I would imagine 90 of stocks are down. All 11 major indices are down in the region today in very high volumes. At this point, there is nowhere to hide, at least in the equity markets. Yvonne President Donald Trump announcing a suspension of all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The most farreaching measure yet in the administrations effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus. To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. David our Senior International editor, jodi schneider, is here with us. Thats a big deal. It is. There was a little bit of talk about it before hand, but not necessarily expected to stop all of the european travel for 30 days starting friday. It is something he can do without congressional approval. It is a major move. Also the way the president cast it. Clearly by having the spe
Leading the s p this morning after their results. The cfo joins us this hour for an exclusive big news of the morning, fitch downgrading u. S. Longterm credit to aa plus to aaa it is the second downgrade ever by a major agency after s p back in 2011. Joining us first this morning on cnbc, the interview with the man behind that call, Fitch Ratings richard frances. Great to have you with us. Thanks for the time. Thank you i would love to know, sort of, your some color on the timing and the thinking behind the call now as some have pointed out, some of your quantitative models have been on the mend the last six months or so yeah, i mean, honestly, this is a steady deterioration that weve seen in some of the key metrics for the United States for a number of years. In 2007, general Government Debt was less than 60 . And now its up to 13 theres been a clear deterioration. Furthermore, were expecting physical deficits to rise over the next three years and we expect debts to continue to rise o
C the select committee will come to order. Welcome everyone to the select Committee Hearing or the leveling the Playing Field how to counter the Chinese Communist party or economic aggression. Who when i looked at the staggering economic relationship thats a word that comes to mind. One small example the American Pacific northwest salmon are frozen sent to china to feed tboned by hand and refrozen and shipped back to u. S. Grocery store sometimes miles from where the fish were copied the economical links between the u. S. And china are dizzyingly complicated that theres another word that comes to mind. Naivete. There were prescient dissenters for the last 25 years or both parties largely made the same naive bet on china that Economic Engagement would lead the Chinese Communist party to political liberalization. Beijing saw our quintessentially american optimism is an opportunity to exploit and their treaties and International Commitment are but not for me. I will enter video into the r
C the select committee will come to order. Welcome everyone to the select Committee Hearing or the leveling the Playing Field how to counter the Chinese Communist party or economic aggression. Who when i looked at the staggering economic relationship thats a word that comes to mind. One small example the American Pacific northwest salmon are frozen sent to china to feed tboned by hand and refrozen and shipped back to u. S. Grocery store sometimes miles from where the fish were copied the economical links between the u. S. And china are dizzyingly complicated that theres another word that comes to mind. Naivete. There were prescient dissenters for the last 25 years or both parties largely made the same naive bet on china that Economic Engagement would lead the Chinese Communist party to political liberalization. Beijing saw our quintessentially american optimism is an opportunity to exploit and their treaties and International Commitment are but not for me. I will enter video into the r