Plans. Quite the opposite. Companies have called off inversions and even brought back operations to this country and they are citing our tax reform as a main reason for doing it. So why would mr. Biden want to undo that . Even more curious is that mr. Bidens own talking points suggest that he supports a number of our tax reform policies in that 2017 bill. We have kimberly clausey who reportedly advised mr. Biden on tax policy have said the tax cuts and jobs act, quote, should be commended for providing some limits on tax avoidance through the guilty and the beat, end of quote. Guilty and beat are those acronyms that i referred to. Whats more ms. Clausey estimated the new rules under the 2016 tax bill will result in a 20 decrease in shifting profits overseas. Thats consistent with the joint committee on taxations Macro Economic estimate in 2017 that found tax reform would reduce Profit Shifting and increase the u. S. Tax base. Nevertheless, however, mr. Biden wants to double down on inc
Weekly News Conference said to happen later this hour. We will bring it to you live. And the enemy within, secretary lloyd austin orders every branch of the military to stand down over the next two months, after an investigation of homegrown extremism within its ranks goes on. We are live with that development coming up. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington Along With Garrett Haik and former Virginia Republican congresswoman barra comstock. Garrett, let me start with you. We are expecting to see some stuff go down in the house today. You have new reporting from your team and your sources pulling back the curtain on what went on behind the scenes in that gop meeting. Reporter a fivehour meeting, House Republicans are trying to figure out who they will be in the postdonald trump era. The solution they came to for now is try to make the tent as big as possible. Room for both Liz Cheney On One Side and Marjorie Taylor green on The Other Side. Neither member will be punished or chastened in anyw
The market in one direction or the other. As of yesterdays close the s p 500 had rallied 865 point off of its lows on march 23. 251 of those have come from five names. That equates to 29 of the gains we have seen in the equity markets and it underscores the fact the market is held hostage by the performance of the make cap companies. It carries us along the upside but also carries a risk on the downside. Tech is nottoday down as much as some others are down. What is going on with bonds and gold . Kailey we are seeing the classic risk off trade, the dollar is stronger and seen as a safe haven asset, and you are seeing a bid into treasuries. The 10 year yield is down four basis points. Coming slightly weaker, off the highest since 2011, a little bit of profit taking. The more interesting commodity is copper. Dr. Copper usually very sensitive to the Economic Growth story. It is higher today as well. That is a mystery. David that is a mystery. Thank you to kailey leinz for that report on t
It is up 25 , but still well below 15 a barrel on a supply glut in the u. S. And around the world. And as Congress Passes that 480 billion relief package to keep the Paycheck Protection Program running, td bank has promised some 26,000 Small Business loans. The ceo is going to join us in a few moments and tell us how he did it kelly, over to you all right, tyler, thanks. Todays rebound is led by tech stocks again they were under pressure yesterday. Lets get to bob pisani for more on the rally bob . And like i said, the last hour, threetoone advancingtodeclining stocks, thats a nice move up. But this is really in a sense tech and even mega cap rally the five biggest stocks on the s p 500, huge gains here facebook is up 7 . Google is up 4 . Microsoft, apple, amazon look at these moves up the other bigger five, berkshire, walmart, only one, Procter Gamble were down when you get nine of the top ten moving up, the s p is going to move, even if the other ones dont do much at all this is a me
And p 500, however mark said asset prices havent seen the worst of it yet. In a slump in hong kong after scrapping dividends amid pmi data for asia showing contraction across the region. Welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. A trifecta of investors saying the worst is yet to come. U. S. And european futures also declining after the worst quarter for Global Equity since the financial crisis. The 10year gilts slipping, seeing a little bit of dollar strength. We saw that lifeline from the fed to help ease some of the liquidity strains. Oil fluctuating a little bit with talks about this discussions with saudi arabia and russia. Manus can you imagine what a deal with them might looks might look like. This talk about donald trump, his call for a 2 trillion Infrastructure Spending bill, saying that low rates would make it easy to finance. It is unclear whether his proposal would be part of another package being considered by congress and the white house. Bloomberg sources also say it would de