Crude Oil Last Week which hit the highest interday wti up to 63. 72 an barrel ice brent crude is up to 69. 49. Gold hit a nearly fourmonth high last week posting its eighth straight positive session on friday. Longest daily winning streak since june of 2019 right now gold price is up another 1. 75 to 1,579. 60 an ounce. Our top story, tensions with iran escalating over the weekend. Eamon javers has the latest from washington good morning. Good morning, joe the iranians were vowing revenge over the weekend the administration took to television to explain its decision to kill that iranian general who was in iraq last week and to offer an explanation for what its plan is Going Forward. Mike pompeo said the administration is prepared and ready to handle anything that the iranians respond with. Heres what he said. If the American People should know that we have prepared for this, that we are ready well talk cultural that our responses are lawful and the president will take every action nece
S p down just over a point and the dow down around 27 points. A lot of this watching what was happening in the market. Seeing the facts and circumstances that yield has continued to pick up as well getting to washington lawmakers voting along party lines to impeach the president we have more now good morning the House Chamber got a little roudy as leaders from both parties made their final speeches democrats did not choose this impeach. We did not wish for it i see coming out of a president who will put his head down and do his job. He will put the American People first. Ultimately, both articles did pass on mere party line votes and the discussion has merely shifted to what comes next House Speaker was not committal when asked whether the democrats will send the article over to the senate she even got a little combative after the vote well make a decision when we see what they are doing on the senate side. That is a decision well make fluently the Senate Majority leader does plan to m
Congressman kevin brady will be with us at 8 00. For on hour on set. We have united ceo who will join us at 8 30 a. M. Before all of that, we have two hours. We have a big show today. A lot of special guests. Ron baron. I think this is the 11th year squawk box has joined you live you bring together the investors and ceos and talk to top managers, you also entertain them big guest youvecli included inh past have included rod stewart, and more the star front and center has to be the companies you are vested in lets take about your theme. Why whats next . We are looking at faster growth in the future for the economy, stock market, what do you mean people have higher amounts of cash now Central Banks cant agree on what to do there the fear is estimate those funds for years now a superstar investor cant raise enough to have a business that is viable theyve done well 11 years now they dont want to give it back the stock market today is the same valuation as it was then. Then, it was a mixed
Economists do most dont showing you where things are standing now three and a half hours before the opening bell. Looking at a dow that would open just about 11 points higher and nasdaq looks like it would open down going to china quick but showing you treasury yields. The 10year note at 1. 766. Joe mentioned, breaking overnight, the operatest rate of china slowing to the slowest pace in 30 years that may explain some is of what we are seeing here eunice un is now in beijing where tim cook is. Thats right. First getting to the numbers i think you can compare that policymakers will unveil more soon Third Quarter numbers missed coming in at 6 . That is because of the demand overseas and at home the september numbers rebounded. Most said those are something you usually see. They are more concerned about sluggish demand weighing on the out look of the economy. The more optimistic bureau saying china faced a big downward pressure. Planning to front load some local government bonds those wil
October 18 futures indicated up about 50 points for the dow s p indicating to be up about six points all of this riding on the big number it is jobs friday expecting an increase of 75,000 none farm jobs and increase of Unemployment Rate of 3. 6 . The numbers are weighed down by the strike at General Motors those striking are treated as unemployed thats important to remember overnight in china, new data showed factory activity slank. Analysts expected it to pick up from last month. All of this raises the stakes for the trade war. Eunice yoon has more for us now. Thank you, becky. That official number was different from the private survey that came out showing factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in two years. It could be because the private survey tracks small and private companies as open toesed to large ones. China this morning proved to be a tech power house the goal here for 50,000 they keep on serving now with the 5g enabled phone apple is on 4g and the huawei phone is 10