Media, because they are in response to the injustice of the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis. An obscene equivalency has been created in the media and in the left and in the minds of anarchists and radical dem protesters and activists, unleashing wholesale violence upon these cities, looting and burning across much of the country. Targeting Law Enforcement officers, wounding them in clashes, attacks and outright assassination has occurred. And we watch of in some cases as police and National Guard troops have been persuaded to kneel before the protesters and the demonstrators as if they were the transgressors. What is going on in this country . If can can you imagine what the chinese, the russians, the world for that matter, must think as they watch all these images . At least 307 officers of the law have been injured and wounded, 2 that we know of have been killed since the riots began. There is no moral equivalence is city between the murder of george floyd and the murde
Saudi aramco with a crash as the bite in crude faces its bottom line. Defining a trend in the Energy Sector Boris Johnson facing criticism over his return to work guidance. The country looks to gradual reopening. Well talk about the lockdowns effects on the economy thank you for joining us weve been watching on the market today they have fallen 10 after the steel giant saw its net loss widen to nearly 1 billion euros in the second quarter. The coronavirus hit all of the business lines from steel to car parts. Lets get out to annette for more typically, some companies will try to sell assets, which was exactly the strategy in the last few months yet selling assets in this environment is not an easy one that has been the case. They have been able to sell their crown jewel. The elevator business is going to a private equity consort yum. They are apparently looking for coinvestors it seems with the crisis, the price is quite a burden with them as well but now thyssenkrupp is going ahead sa
From the market today, even do see the that, we higher than yesterday, and volume down 6 or yesterday. Same time lets bring back darrell kronk, ells fargo Institute President to give us a little more insight off what we should be looking for next week. Its april jobs report, it will midmarch to midapril, so asically a more clear picture of what happened when the lockdown really took effect. Will that data point matter to investors. Its backwards looking, yes, but its going to e really paint out for us in black and white the damage from the pandemic. Darrell yeah, its a great point, scarlet. It will matter. It always is, if not the most important Economic Data point, one of. Y it looks less like on the math 22 millionhere around jobs would have been lost through the month of april on payroll report. To put that into perspective, thats basically all of the jobs in the u. S. Ed economy through the 20092020 expansion period. The Unemployment Rate is going willeak to 16 , 17 , which far sur
The last halfhour or so. The morning started out on a grim note with initial jobless claims very close to 3 million once again. Of smallerixth week jobless claims, but nevertheless , at those rates, it is still pretty dire. The dollar index is stronger today. Weaker euro and weaker sterling, too. We continue to see gains in the oil patch. 37, and brent crude trading above 30 a barrel. Governor Andrew Bailey also seeing the bank of england is not currently considering lowering Interest Rates below zero. His comments coming a day after fed chair Jerome Powell pushed back against the idea. Lets get to our guest, patrick chiefong, Plurimi Wealth investment officer. Expected. Ire as we maybe u. K. Data wasnt quite as bad as we were looking for, but still a contraction of nearly 1. 6 . Of 5. 6 . Do the Central Banks need to start considering negative rates . Patrick i think it is a bit of a mixed bag. I dont think the benefits of negative rates are that compelling at this point. If we see it
Well talk to one about what shes doing to protect her homes. A little good news and positive trends being seen at airports around the world. Friday may 8 you are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening welcome from wherever you are watching im Brian Sullivan i think i speak for all of us as a say tgif stock futures are up 270 points right now. Perhaps the Market Knowledge of the day, for some reason, if you tuned out yesterday. We have some gains the nasdaq is now higher on the year hard to believe given all that is going on across the country it is true with yesterdays gains that the nasdaq is now positive the more condensed version is up 4 this year it is really the big five Technology Names you know. Apple, google, microsoft, facebook are up on average 10 despite concerns about Consumer Spending on advertisement. Google and microsoft are up. Improving is the work from home and stayathome stocks. Zoom, netflix, paypal have all soared since