In the food chain supply . My colleagues ben leveson, carlton english and jack howe. So the worst month in the markets since the great depression, april the best month in the market in 33 years. Can you explain the schizophrenia and explain to viewers why the market and the economy can seem to be going in different directions. This is kind of what the market does. Its forwardlooking. So its looking to deterrence and whats happening next. When the market was falling apart in march, nobody was saying, oh, look how great the data was in february that. s kind of whats happening now. In april we got this bad data, but we knew it was coming. And there was some good news this month. The number of coronavirus cases slowed. We have some states that are reopening, even possible treatment that might work meaning that people get sick, they can go and its not going to be as bad as it might have been. And this is all good news that the market was responding to. Hey, ben, i see plenty of good news, i
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And 0en the blocktalks for the efforts. Telling this Program Unity is what is needed a relief package is absolutely necessary it is necessary because we combat a common enemy in europe. Solidarity has to be demonstrated uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to the hospital and dominic raab will continue doing had is work there is incredible teamwork behind the Prime Minister to make sure we get him better as soon as possible over to the wall here to give you a story of how the markets have developed weve been on air since the open this morning and only seen gains pile on effective live so europe is playing catchup on the rally we saw in the United States and asia. It is a broadbased rally of the stoxx 600. We are up nearly 3 year, which takes us back 20 on top of the loan that we saw in this index lets roll the wall and show you how that breaks down in terms of that individual picture for different markets. Perhaps im surprisingly given on the focus of the financial well being a
So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t