Governor cuomo looking for any optimism he can find. Some geographies of america doing better in the pandemic, but the death and the rate of change of deaths refuses to bend over and go lower. With extraordinary measures being applied and something we all need to reflect on as we think about what comes next. These managing to keep numbers stable, but with extreme measures when it comes to how our society is functioning. How we reopen needs to be seen in this light, and it will be a challenge around the world for governments to reopen economies. Tom good reporting earlier from guy on the state of the Prime Minister, a conversation with Iain Duncan Smith moments ago. Our oninue with a strong the economics of the pandemic strong hour on the economics of the pandemic. Ministers. U. Finance were on an emergency teleconference lasting more than 16 hours. Strategynot agree on a to battle the pandemic. E. U. Issue joint debt to help economies recover . Boris johnson is being monitored in inten
The Unemployment Rate rose to 4. 4 . However, on mornings with maria this week, i spoke with the former president of the atlanta federal reserve, and he told me that the Unemployment Rate is much closer to 10 than 3. 8 given we did see. 6 million Unemployment Benefits this past week. Joining me now to discuss the backdrop and the markets and investing around it is the alpha one Capital Partners Founding Partner dan nice. And, dan niles, and it is good to see you. Were going to get into the health part of this and, of course, what corporations are doing, including 3m, but i want to ask you about these markets. How would you look at the jobs numbers and your expectation in terms of when things might come back . Sure. I mean, i think thats really the key to the market, is jobs. As you pointed out earlier, you lost 3. 3 million jobs two weeks ago, then the most recent week you had 6. 6 million. And the funny thing is that as you get into april and may, thats when corporations, the big ones
Futures searching for direction. Take a look, gain in the dow but decline on s p after wild day yesterday. Dow erasing all of its early gains of more than 900 points to end the day negative yesterday at 4 00 oclock on wall street, the dow industrials coming down from a gain of 900 to end down 26, the nasdaq down 25 and s p 4 points. Treasury secretary mnuchin seeking 250 quadrillion. If the money did run out the white house would go back to congress and ask for more. Meanwhile in china the country ending the lockdown of wuhan, people allow today leave the city where outbreak began. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning red across the board in europe. Take a look at european indices, cac quarante 75. Still no unified response in europe to coronavirus pandemic from European Union leaders following 16 hours of discussions, talks set to resume tomorrow. Boris johnson remains in intensive care as he battles coronavirus. Overnight in asia and markets in china, so
Says the economy will take off quote, like a rocket ship when it reopens. The questions, though, are when will that be and what will it look like. The market is asking those very same questions as it searches for direction this morning. More green on the screen but again, markets want to know how much economic damage has been done. Meanwhile, moodys says economic output fell a staggering 29 in the first week of april. That is compared to march. That is the first full week of true social distancing rules in place across the country, and that was the result. Down 29 . The other big story of the day, the w. H. O. Is under fire from President Trump. The president saying he may freeze funding to the organization over its response to the pandemic. This is happening as we get more clarity on what may be in a fourth stimulus package. President trump wants 250 billion more for Small Business. Senator schumer wants a 25,000 bonus for front line heroes Like Health Care workers. And we also have s
We will take you to the basic news, and we will begin with , a call to help negate the academic Economic Impact of the coronavirus. Michael mckee joints me now with more. Theres a lot riding on the next 24 hours. Mike a rescue package for European Countries should be based on the european stability mechanism rather than joint bond issuance. And another idea is to set up another European Fund that would guarantee bank loans to Small Business. And finance ministers meet tomorrow to discuss a package and then possibly the leaders would decide on something on thursday. Thehe other of the world, japanese Prime Minister is announcing the largest similars package ever for the country. He says he will declare a state of emergency in tokyo. Is equivalent to of japan. Of the gdp the first phase would be support for households and businesses affected by the virus, shut down. The second would aim to look at trying to stimulate a vshaped recovery in japan. The plan includes cash handouts to househo