Working from home a, but we have seen warehouse jobs surgeon. The challenges are immense and when it comes to returning to some sort of normal. Workersmon encouraged back into the office to increase credibility increase productivity. They had to send a workaround with the coronavirus. Caroline there are so many issues with the coronavirus that are confusing. The temporary issues with the virus, the mediumterm with the slowdown. The white line is the people who are on temporary layoffs. Blue line, permanent layoffs. Normally, they just move together. The number of people on temporary layoffs surged in march and april. The number of people who lost their jobs on a permanent basis, that continues to rise. We really have a case of two labor markets. Is not just one of the reasons we might have two labor markets is that the labor market is moving to something different. Our entity spending as a share of gdp, that is the highest on record. Give you aer lines better sense of what is happening
Far, but the lowest number of daily deaths for some time, Governor Cuomo saying 474 people died in new york in the last 24 hours. We have cases surging in italy, singapore, ireland. Treasuryetary of Steven Mnuchin says most of the u. S. Economy will be open by august. I want to bring in our markets reporters taylor riggs. Taylor, what is driving the rebound in particular today . Taylor markets are breathing a sigh of relief. We are waiting for the 480 4 billion stimulus package to go in front of the house. There will be signs of the flattening of the health curve we have been talking about, as well as earnings. Were getting back some of the fundamentals, and Oil Rebounding after six Straight Days of losses, so mark is taking a sigh of relief. Look at the stocks within the chipmakers. Up almost 6 , having one of its best days, the biggest outperformer. A lot of earnings are underway, so getting back to fundamentals of what is driving this market. Two companies in that soft index i want
Said yesterday, you know very well what you said yesterday, it was a big story. I just dont know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything having to do with trump or trumprelated. The right thing to do. As a Supreme Court justice, there is a different standard. At the same time, i think it is a higher standard in a certain sense. Her statement was so inappropriate. When you are a justice of the Supreme Court, it is a like what you strength to do is take the people that do feel a different way and get them to vote the way that she would like them to vote. I thought it was so inappropriate, such a turbo statement for a Supreme Court justice. What was inappropriate about the statement . I am not an attorney, so i cant she seemed to criticize the white house for running to the Supreme Court at the drop of a hat to seek pres. Trump no, that wasnt it. I think she is trying to shame people with perhaps a different view into voting her way. That is so inappropriate. Lets see what happens.
Despite fears that continue to permit. The bait in the bond market continues. Down five basis points from the 10 year. Out, 47. Ly wiping you will have a lot of paper from banks that lend to producers. We will bring you the latest market moving news from all over the world, from hong kong to washington to new york, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this morning stop stories. We begin with asia. The death toll is climbing, cases worldwide are above 82,000. Saudi arabia halting religious visits, well japan asks for all schools to shut from march 2. Stephen engle joins us from asia. Stephen it is significant because it is the first time we have had more new confirmed cases outside of china that inside of china. It could be because china has a great, on this or, more sinister, that the virus is spreading faster than the who and others are expecting elsewhere in places like south korea, japan, in the middle east. As you mentioned, saudi arabia does not have confirmed cases, but th
Crude down, and participating in that risk on rally as well. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market was a news from around the world. From hong kong to brussels, jahans burke and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. , the death toll is now over 3000. Joining me is yvonne man. Heard of newst infections in south korea, iran, and spain. Germany, as well, and additional 188 cases. This virus has spread in 13 countries and 16 federal states. At this point, the threat level is at moderate, but could quickly change. Deathstioned the global now topping 3100. Theres also the corporate fallout we continue to watch, with nissan now saying they could be preparing for deeper cuts. The carmaker has been struggling ever since Carlos Ghosns arrest. This virus only exacerbates the troubles. There are signs of life returning back to normal in china. Just heard from han hi from honhai, apples biggest supplier. They have been dealing wi