Claims report. Alongside lisa abramowicz, im jonathan ferro. As we approach that jobless claims report, equity futures doing ok. The equity market within 0. 2 of a record high. Talks down in d. C. , we are on repeat, going nowhere anytime soon. Lisa it doesnt seem like markets really care. They are looking at the amount of money being thrown at the markets from the Federal Reserve and the likelihood of a deal being struck. So many people banking on this, and yet here we are, nasdaq futures marginally, basically a churn, but the s p lower. Jonathan after a big moving yesterdays session. This is how we shape up, with equity futures down around six points, off 0. 2 on the s p 500. Just slightly negative. Still around record highs after a phenomenal rally off the bottom in march. A 50 move. . 1843 r, one other eurodollar, 1. 1833. That is a stronger euro. Donald trump saying the dollar will be stronger if he is reelected. He likes a stronger dollar now. He seems to change his mind on this
Warning of weaker Global Oil Demand because of jet fuel demand. And martha pollick on the colleges plan this fall. Lets get back to the lead story on the Economic Data front in the u. S. The number of americans applying for Unemployment Benefits falling below one million since the pandemic began in march. We are seeing economic recovery getting some traction. Joining us is michael mckee. Is it good news, bad news . Think itsdont either. It doesnt show that the recovery is gaining traction as much as the decline is flattening out. We are talking people filing for the first time and it is still almost one million. Their deep scars in the labor market. Although the data is two weeks old the number of people receiving some kind of benefit is over 28 million. There are a lot of people still hurting. Will that push people in washington towards making a deal . If we havent had that already, its hard to see how this number in particular fix them one way or the other. Alix is there anything to
The idea that they can delay decisions into september, i just dont get that when i observe what i observe on the streets of new york. Jonathan lets observe the price action. We know why theres no urgency. Compare and contrast to where we were back in march. D. C. Is on the road to nowhere. They have been for the last several weeks. Tom there are two americas out there. Good morning, john edwards of louisiana. What we see is the complacency of the politicians that they have time. I dont understand where that complacency came from. Jonathan lets get to the economic data. Cpi coming out later this week. Retail sales, that is how we conclude the week on friday morning. In the price action this monday morning, equities, the calm in the equity market. We are up five points on the s p 500. We advance a little more than your. 1 more than 0. 1 . Treasuries under the hypnosis of fed chair jay powell. Tenure goes nowhere. Wedbush out this morning, upgrading his price target on apple to 515. We ar
Even home depot, which was great, is lower, as the whats next is the question that we have. With stacy witless, fw retailer advisors president. Also night one of the Democratic National convention saw democrats ripping it up President Trump with tough words from former First Lady Michelle Obama and bernie sanders. Let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can donald trump the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. But let us be clear. If donald trump is reelected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. And its most basic. This election is about preserving our democracy. Alix joining me now for more is wendy jennison, Bloomberg Politics editor. What was your biggest pic for tonight and how does that set us up for the dnc tonight . The biggest takeaway from last night was the effectiveness of Michelle O
Full circle. Rally, caps its 50 briefly touching a record before closing just below that level. The 175 days between peak to trough and back to peak make it the fastest rebound in history after a crash. Stepping up to the pressure. The u. S. Says it will impose extra tariffs on some eu goods from september 1 in its longrunning dispute over illegal subsidies in the airbus case. Plus, no compromise. Democrats and republicans point the finger at each other, as the stimulus debate gives way to electioneering. The two sides still remain trillions apart. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. We are looking for german Consumer Prices. We are seeing actually a drop month over month of 0. 5 . If you look at wholesale prices from a year ago, there is a gain of 0. 5 sorry, wholesale prices from a month ago. Prices, 0. 5consumer percent drop, wholesale prices, 0. 5 gain. From a year ago, we see wholesale prices that dropped 2. 6 in july. From a year ago, the drop