There are more than 3900000 global cases of coronavirus more than 272000 deaths newly released numbers show the damage that coronavirus related shutdowns are creating for global economies the u. S. Labor market reported historic lows slashing 20500000. 00 workers from nonfarm payrolls the Labor Department reported the Unemployment Rate surge of 14. 7 percent last month thats topping the post world war 2 record of 10. 8 percent but its still short of the Great Depression high which was at 24. 9 percent yet stocks are surging and seem to be ignoring those numbers well canada also lost a record breaking number of 2000000 jobs last month unemployment numbers surging to a near high of 13 percent while the worst of the pandemic seems to have passed in your. More countries continue to reopen their economies still the European Union is facing its worst recession ever and france suggested the e. U. Issue bonds of at least one to 2 percent of the e. U. s g. D. P. For the next 3 years so essentia
15,000. Take a look at the kospi. We are focused on samsung earnings. Samsung warning of a profit slide as this virus squeezes the tech industry. Samsung shares largely after the results came out unchanged. We are watching out for the singapore jobless numbers coming out this hour. 2. 6 , an 11 year high. We see this recovery momentum coming back in offshore chinese stocks. The moving average yesterday when things close, and we are higher here today. Bank of china among them. Dollaryen, a little strength. And some strength for the korean won. Oil remains the story, but take a look at volatility. When it comes to oil contracts, we are leapfrogging of june to july and seeing wild gyrations. We have bounced back after wti auched 10, but we lost quarter of the value when it comes to crude. It looks like volatility will continue. Into julywill roll with the spread of the june and july contracts especially for wti getting rocked by volatility. Tom we will get more on that story in a few minu
27488003. If you want, you can post on our Facebook Page too at acebook. Com cspan. That interview expected to take place on msnbc some time this morning. Hopefully, well have an opportunity to show you some clips on that interview. As biden is set to break his silence, his campaign would not discuss the msnbc interview but the discussions about tara reid who was a staff assistant while he was a senator from delaware have occupied the time of his top advisors who have been discussing for days how to handle the matter. Theres no doubt this is going to come up. E only question is when here join us to give some context to the events of today is crins Cristina Marcos of the hill. But ms. Marcos, in a general sense, what has been laid against mr. Biden . He has been accused by tara reade who worked for him when he was a senator in the 1990s and shes alleged that he sexually and ms. D on the hallway reade made these allegations ast month but they numerous reporters have reported on that but
Steeper decline. We will have the first numbers. First contraction in 6 years and also hearing from Federal Reserve jay powell later today. Also another big day for earnings, boeing is in focus this morning, wall street journal reporting reporting thae aircraft maker is facing criminal probe into Quality Control issues on still grounded 737 max fleet. The company also reported looking to raise capital to major bond sale. On tap before the bell this morning, General Electric is out with its earnings along with master card and ensurers anthem and humana, after the numbers attention to microsoft, facebook, tesla, markets are higher, take a look at futures, gain at the start of trading, dow futures right now showing a gain of 180 points, three quarters of 1 . S p is up 25 and nasdaq higher by 93. This after the dow, nasdaq and the s p 500 erased early gains yesterday to actually end lower. Dow industrials were down 32 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street yesterday and nasdaq down 122 and s
Emergency Small Business fund, 75 billion for hospitals. The democrats claim its their victory and already, senator schumer is planning another 150 billion package, this one for local governments. Is all this enough . In my opinion, not if we dont get back to work soon. We have to open up the economy to avoid economic disaster. Elsewhere, the president says he will sign an executive order today suspending green card issuing for 60 days. This does not apply to guest workers or agricultural workers. To the markets. After two days of sharp declines, weve got an uptick. The dow looks like it will open with a gain of close to 400 points. That is 1. 7 . S p up 1. 8 . Nasdaq up 1. 6 . Green arrows across the screen. There are some standout stocks. Netflix nearly 16 million new subscribers. Their outlook, though, is cautious. We will get into that. The stocks down eight bucks, 1. 8 . Look at chipotle, doubling their online orders in the month of march. Chipotle is clearly a lockdown winner and