Hitting an alltime high yesterday continues the momentum up another 37 points on futures this morning on nasdaq. Meanwhile investigating the origins of the russia probe as you could see the nasdaq is alltime high yesterday and general attorney general bill barr saying hes trouble of what has been called to his attention so far. We are waiting on criminal investigation by john durham and added that americans will be able to recognize some of the names under investigation as part of ongoing probe, we will have more on what the attorney general said today. The coronavirus pandemic, more businesses across america are opening but dr. Fauci is warning the nightmare is far from over. The World Health Organization is now walking back the claims that asymptomatic transmission is rare. Mornings with maria begins right now. European markets mixed, ftse 100 down 26 points, cac quarante down 21 rand dax germany lower. Bars, restaurants, hair dressers will remain close in july 1st in euro zone. In a
Rally yesterday dow futures are now down. Nasdaq futures lower by 64. Nasdaq up 190. Now this, former Vice President joe biden and the ukraine scandal back in the spotlight, an investigation Just Launched overseas after phone conversations between biden and then ukraine president are released. Meanwhile u. S. Senate taking a major senate in probe of Hunter Bidens role of Barisma Holdings and tesla tapping the brakes in battle with california, dropping the lawsuit after plant is allowed to open. Mornings with maria begins right now. And Global Markets this morning red cross the board, take a look at european indices as u. S. China tensions rise, the cac quarante is down 48 and dax index in germany lower by 174, there are sign that is the european economy is slowly coming back. The euro zone purchasing manager index coming above expectations this morning. In asia overnight, markets mostly lower. Take at the numbers in asia, worst performer half percent lower shanghai composite in china.
Maria we have breaking news this morning, we will take you for a live look out of new orleans, look at this, we are tracking tropical form barry this morning, making its way toward expected landfall in louisiana, we are bringing you the very latest developments this morning and live updates all morning, stay with us on the developing story, joining the conversation, Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell, the American Conservative Union chairman mat sclapp and michael block, great to see everybody this morning. Great to be here. Great to be here, im glad its dry. Maria im glad its dry too. We have a storm that we will be tracking, look at the markets, michael, another record high yesterday. Record territory once again, dow industrials up 95 and nasdaq up 24, to what do you attribute strength once again in consistency . Dow jumping above the 27,000 mark for the First Time Ever yesterday. A couple of weeks ago jay powell was waffling on path to rate cut later this month and he came out this
Joining me right now is the chief economist for jpmorgan chase, michael faroli. Good to see you, michael. My pleasure. Maria let me get your take in terms of the broad economy, how do you see things . Right. So right now theres a lot of crosscurrents. We do think Second Quarter growth is a little softer than First Quarter growth. The hard data looks okay, right . That alone wouldnt call for a rate cut, but there are some worrying clouds on the horizon. We have seen particularly business surveys that have softened some, so there is some concern that the trade tensions may be contributing to a little bit of caution on the part of businesses particularly with respect to capital spending. Maria mike, do you think were going to see a china deal . I doubt it. [laughter] i mean, look, i think were all guessing here, of course. None of us can read the minds of either leaders of the country, but right now the headlines dont sound particularly encouraging. Some of the issues seem rather intracta
Chief economist for jpmorgan chase, michael faroli. Good to see you, michael. My pleasure. Maria let me get your take in terms of the broad economy, how do you see things . Right. So right now theres a lot of crosscurrents. We do think Second Quarter growth is a little softer than First Quarter growth. The hard data looks okay, right . That alone wouldnt call for a rate cut, but there are some worrying clouds on the horizon. We have seen particularly business surveys that have softened some, so there is some concern that the trade tensions may be contributing to a little bit of caution on the part of businesses particularly with respect to capital spending. Maria mike, do you think were going to see a china deal . I doubt it. [laughter] i mean, look, i think were all guessing here, of course. None of us can read the minds of either leaders of the country, but right now the headlines dont sound particularly encouraging. Some of the issues seem rather intractable particularly as they rel