President trump will delay china. Nal tariffs on markets rally on the news of apple surging 4 . The cbsviacom romance leads to a waiting. The megamerger shery breaking news out of south korea. We have the Unemployment Rate for the month of july coming in at 4 . That was as analysts expected. The third month in a row that stayed at 4 . South korea added 299,000 jobs in july, higher than the 281,000 they added in june. The south korean economy and job market being highly supported by government job creation. We are expecting the extra budget set to pass parliament at the start of august to also give more support for the job market. Exportseantime, continue to plunge in south korea, now headed to the ninth month of export declines in august. We have seen the weakness in w theon throughout these the south korean won. In hongrn to sophie kong for a check on where markets are headed this morning. Sophie we have plenty more data to come through from asia including a check on chinas monthly ac
Network Dagen Mcdowell as always, pwc partner and cfr Mitch Roschelle and lindsey bell maria markets this morning, quiet situation going do what could be fireworks in next 2 days, dow industrials down 71 points, nasdaq down 27, Federal Reserve jay powell testifying before the House Financial Services Committee Later this morning, markets are watching specifically to see if powells comments indicate signs of a future rate cut, a lot of people yesterday, Jon Hilsenrath said, well, if its not july, itll be september, lindsey, you have a lot of thoughts on this. Yeah from the testimony today and tomorrow, im not speaking anything new out of fed chairman, he will stick to the language that we heard in june that hes here to support the Economic Growth that weve seen so far, i dont think we will hear anything about the change of Monetary Policy or any type of rate cut, how much it will be if there is one to come, and the thing i think that the investors in the market are really going to look
Welcome to you you and i were chatting about the new space spot that were going to talk about. How is that indicative to risk in this market. You have a spak, which people doing it as long as i have they know the history but its essentially a blank check to merge with a company thats going to take people to space. What does that have to do with the fed it has to do with the risk mentality of people out there. If the fed is going to drive rates down to the negative, people are going to go out and try to find Investment Opportunities and i think this is the perfect metaphor what we saw in the markets the facts were talking about stocks like chewy shows the mentality here of how people are thinking. Lots to discuss over the next hour welcome back. Great to be back. Wouldnt miss a pepsi earning day. Mike doesnt hear its an important company. The word he used is improper hp his words not mine Morgan Brennan has galactics plan to go public. Susan has details on a trade rift between President
As shares fall to its lowest since middecember. One of our traders says the company is ripe for an activist to take a stand in the stock what theyre looking for and what it could mean for the tech giants investors. Im melissa lee, coming to you live from studio b at the nasdaq. On the desk tonight steve grasso, karen finerman, guy adami, and dan suzuki. Bitcoin now at its best level in more than two years, just off its alltime high. The recent rally prompting a rush of retail trader activity into the space. Crypto platformcoinbase reporting trouble handling the volume with some users reporting zero dollar balances in their account. Ceo Brian Armstrong responding to the issues on x, saying, we are dealing with a large, in all caps, large surge of traffic. Apologies for any issues you e counter. The team is working to reimmreme remediate. Is the fear of missing out setting traders up for pain or can this really keep riding higher . Guy . Well, bk, who is with us in a few minutes, hell ex
1981 when ronald reagan was president and battling a recession that seemed endless. a guy names paul volcker was hiking interest rates a full percentage point at a team to squash inflation that proved relentless. when indiana jones was the hottest movie in the country and charles and diana, the hottest wedding ticket in the world. back then bacon cost $1.75 a pound. try more like $7 now. coffee was $2.46 a pound. closer to $6 now. a half gallon of ice cream set you back about $2. nearly trip that will today. some perspective on time and prices. lower and slower back then. faster and out of control right now. we are all over it with lydia hu at a new york city supermarket on how folks are holding up. hillary vaughn on capitol hill where democrats and republicans are digging in. edward lawrence in jerusalem on if those inflation numbers are weighing the president down. why house economic adviser jared bernstein on what costs he sees no longer going up. welcome. i m neil cavuto.