Gain of more than 500 points the day before that and right now dow futures indicated up another 113 points this comes after the dow closed at its highest level in a month yesterday. Oil prices picking up by about 3 more of a supply picture but the s p 500 indicated up by about 13, nasdaq up by 31. And treasureky my market, te yielding 0. 765 . Andrew lets talk about stimulus this morning because house he Speaker Nancy Pelosi and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke about a broad stimulus plan yesterday and Speakers Office says that the treasury secretary made it clear that President Trump had interest now in finding an agreement on a comprehensive relief plan, that conflicted with comments from the White House Communications director who said that the white house wants to address stimulus checks, Small Business loans and the airline, but not anticipating a larger package. Nancy pelosi said that the white house is open to something bigger but not on the scale that democrats have prop
Low currencyhe volatility. The british pound is stronger, but very fractionally, up 0. 2 versus the u. S. Dollar before the election. Incremental moves on trade. Lets get to the latest now. Bloomberg reporting that u. S. Tariffs set to take effect on sunday will be delayed, according to chinese officials. Meantime, House Democrats said they will back the usmca trade deal and are planning a vote next week. Rep. Pelosi there is no question that this trade agreement is much better than nafta, but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration. Vonnie House Democrats declaring a win there. For more, lets bring in bloomberg trade reporter shawn donnan in washington. Todays developments on the trade front, how incremental are they . Shawn i think we got one really important big step on usmca. It is a remarkable day in what is a highly partisan washington, when we see a bipartisan agreement on a trade deal. Trade politics are always t
The holiday. Lets get this show on the road, power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im will stocks lower this hour, nasdaq and russell 2,000 did manage to hit record highs before pulling back Oil Pushing Higher in more than two years and check out individual movers as well. Amazon hitting alltime highs today. Under armour reing but the stock on pace for its worse year ever. More than that ahead serna, expected to announce a deal with the company and gamestop rallying posting strong results. Michele . We begin with this hour with ubers hack attack millions all over the world have been affected whats causing outrage however, uber paid money to cover it up joining us now with the latest, deadria . Hey, michele, the names, emails, drivers license numbers of 57 million riders and drivers were exposed uber paid as you said 100,000 in hush money to the hackers and hid the breach for the public and regulators for a year. Drivers are only now finding out if they were affected. I s
An inefficient flow of credit has been through these major issues, plaguing policymakers, but i could see a turning point. But we got yesterday late in the bothnoon was a bit on fronts when it comes to gdp coming in for china. Fourthquarter gdp beating expectations at 6. 8 on year. That was the first full year acceleration since 2010. On a nominal level, it looks more impressive. To go look at this chart. This is more impressive in terms of the this is more important in terms of the sustainability, which it has been driving the growth we have seen over the past 10 years for china. Heres the chart on your bloomberg. And whathe impulse, you are seeing is the amount of new credit needed to generate each dollar of output. . 28 int it just shy of 2017 falling from . 30 in 2016. Morgan stanley congress a turning point when it comes to credit efficiency. China has cycle for peaked and jpmorgan saying that inefficient credit allocations has started to bottom out, a little good news when it com
Some of the averages with the dow and s p are a little bit lower. The nasdaq is higher. Nxp semiconductors is pushing tech stocks a little higher today. I want to focus on some of the weighing downe some of the major averages. Im going to start with merck off almost 2 . Federal judge tossed out the verdict that merck had previously won. Merck is a little bit lower. Walmart and Procter Gamble are all. Off. Dragging down all of the staples including Procter Gamble. I want to take a step back and look at the broader macro picture by looking at the dollar. Were having the first threeday rally so far this year. Doesnt sound like much, but for a year that i see no weaker up threedayout 9 , so far this year isnt a terribly bad story. You would not expect the dollar to appreciate, but we have a lot about rates rising. Focusing on the treasury auction 6039. Es g btv the twoyear bond deal relative to the s p 500, pretty incredible going back to 2008. You are seeing that gilmore blended dividend