Retail certificate going to zero not every biotech will keep growing every day. Thats the way it feels on a gay when oil imploded. The stock market got slammed because of it. Dow losing 592 points. S p sinking 1. 79 , why, of course its got a lot of tech and biotech. I dont blame a soul for being confused here. Buy, buy, buy a. Sell, sell, sell. The situation is, confusing were in Uncharted Waters now. It doesnt lend itself to easy explanation. We have to take them one at a time because some of these are so extreme they almost feel like science fiction. Like the price of oil falling to negative 37 and change today. Yeah, thats right you heard me, negative 37, minus sign lets start with oil as that meltdown was terrifying to watch. At dawn crude was a buck and a half, little below 20, seemed okay by the time the stock market opened it was down to 11, negative whoever owned the oil last had to pay someone else to take it off their hands. Next thing you know it was negative 10, negative 2
On the sculpt theyre interested theres a good book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis in First Responders which digs deeply into these programs. I recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple of weeks. Been among other things has been distinguished economic historian being wellsuited to put this horrible event we are experiencing now in context as well it gives a sense today about what will determine how deep this recession will be perhaps how long it will last, how effective the fiscal and monetary response has been, and perhaps will likely come and whether or not the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the u. S. In the Global Economy so turn this over to ben for his remarks after which david wessel will pose some questions and after that therell be some instructions on how the audience members can ask their own questions. So bent over to you and thank you for doing this. So thank you and thank you for joining us this afternoon it feels lik
Here as well. Also want to point out some breaking news. Macys says their cfo paula price is going to leave the company. They are looking at an external search currently. Premarket withn the overall market. Exxon mobil also coming out, finally the last of the big majors to cut their capex. They see overall Capital Investments for this year about 23 billion. They saw up to 33 billion. They are also cutting operating expenses by about 15 . They are maintaining their longterm outlook. They say Capital Allocation priorities remain unchanged. The longest chunk of all these cuts are going to be spending in the permian basin. That is interesting. We heard something very similar with chevron, a little easier to shale. Ex within they are dealing with the fallout of the crisis. Watching those stocks as we head into the open. U. S. , as wellthe as the markets, but the collapse of the Small Business optimism i was just talking about. Gauge falling by 8. 18 points in march. Michael mckee joins us w
One from scratch. A few of us expected that his successors would need to refer to it so soon but generally for all of us he left a copy for jay powell that i would recommend for people on this call if theyre interested. Theres a good book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis and one called First Responders which gives deep into the individual programs and i recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple of weeks. And among other things its a distinguished economic historian suited to put this horrible event that we are experiencing in context so it will give us a sense today of what will determine how deep this recession will be, perhaps how long it will last , how effective the fiscal and Monetary Policy response has been and perhaps whether the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the us and Global Economy so ill turn this over to ben or his remarks after which david wessel will pose some questions and after that i think there will be some inst
Fractional moves overnight in asia. And now the latest on the coronavirus this morning. 1 Million People have now become infected. The United States is representing nearly a quarter of the world cases and the cdc is expected to advice all of americans now to wear cloth masks in public to stop the spread of the virus. Vice president mike pence saying that the new guidelines are coming in the next few days, this on top of social distancing rules. The Coronavirus Task force keeping close eye on louisiana, michigan, indiana, georgia and illinois as next potential coronavirus hot spot. In louisiana 26 of all tests are coming back positive. Connecticut being watched closely this morning. Covid19 fears growing abroad stranded crew ship. Princess cruise ship headed to florida today with several infected passengers, comes as a crew member dies on the celebrity infinity ship sitting off the coast of st. Petersburg this morning. Cruises finally dock at port everglades. Passengers will remain on b