Well get into more detail on that in a moment but first, lets Take A Deeper Look now on whats happening with the us economy. According to data out in the last hour prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 in august. That was slightly less than the 2. 6 markets were expecting and down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a faster rate 3. 2 . Dr sean snaith, director of the institute for economic forecasting at the university of central florida. Hejoins us now. Welcome. First of all, what a surprise of the cpi taking out volatile Food Energy prices. Does this take 50 Basis Point cut to Interest Rates off the table, when the fed meets later this month . Instead, itll more like 25 Basis Points cut . Was the fed behind the curve . Well, i think 50 points is off the table, personally, and i may be in the minority in which 25 is off the table. I think its a bit too soon to raise the mission accomplish
Later this month. Lets show you the details. Figures from the us Labor Department Show prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 percent in august. Down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a more aggressive 3. 2 percent. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta is in new york. A cut by the fed has been all but promised by them already at their meeting next week. I guess the only outstanding question is by how much. Indeed, as you mentioned in your introduction overall this was a solid report on information monitoring. Annually at 2. 5 , that is the lowest in three years and that is why you will see the White House touting this as it went for the current administration and for the Election Campaign for Vice President kamala harris, and makes it must certain the federal reserve will cut Interest Rates when it meets next week, but for the markets it is a different story and you see th
59 minutes left of trade nasdaq 100,. 2 from a record closing high set in february hard to believe. Seriously is hard to believe. Were up 0. 4 . Coming up on todays show, despite growing dissent, tech stocks once again nearing all time highs well discuss the outlook for the sector amid new challenges with investor dan niles. Plus, powerful words from one of the biggest icons in sports, nba lenld, Kareem Abduljabbar will join us with his compelling message for all americans about the need for what he calls a rush to justice. Lets focus in on the big stories we are watching in this final hour of trade. Mike tracking the Market Action as always. Julia boorstin following the cory russ of dissent inside facebook and courtney covering the civil unrest mike, start us off with the Broader Market and this continued strength we are seeing yes, continued, persistent strength its a day when its gone a little bit away from the nasdaq leaders that were were so familiar with. That trend has remained
Coronavirus induced volatility plus quarterback buoyed by a string of super tuesday victories for the former Vice President. Is the contender for the democratic valuation former investor jeff ubben, never seen anything like this and says why it makes Value Investing impossible the fed announced a 0. 5 rate cut. Stocks looking to recoup most of yesterdays losses which includes a drop in the dow of 785 points jim, once that tenyear broke 1 , wow. Could you not take your eyes off of this price action look, i think that i was struck by the rate cuts. I didnt like jay powell you cant say listen, the fundamentalless as are sound bue need a gigantic rate cut that means the fundamentals arent sound i didnt know we were that bad off. People either way we are bad off or powell knows something and to see that you get a Biden Victory and maybe things bounce back a little is encouraging and mostly because its just about the tenyear the tenyear drops to 9. 8, then everything you see on your screen t
Tenyear yield falls below 10 and the Services Sector growing, accelerating with private payrolls beating expectations as well huge lineup of guests for you, starting with our closer, the ceo of camp bell soup, mark clouse that stock is up today and scott black, where hes putting his money in the mix of this volatility. And as we get another global Interest Rate cut today, this time from canada, we will be joined by former fed vice chair donald kohn. Joining us for the first full hour, final hour of trade is josh brown, ceo of ritholtz Wealth Management. Your take on the rally and how sustainable it is . Well, its a rally in the context of a market thats moved more than 2 in either direction in five of the last seven days, which has happened before, but its fairly rare and i think when you look at health care being up big today, yes, you can do a direct you can point directly to super tuesday and the nominee looking more like its going to be biden, which i guess is nice so now we have a