China has now sanctioned almost a dozen u. S. Officials in retaliation after the u. S. Sanctioned several chinese officials last week. We are standing by for the president to deliver another is briefing after he signed four executive orders over the weekend on issues including payroll taxes, student loans, while lawmakers are still negotiating a possible broader relief bill. Joining us to discuss, abigail doolittle, looking at the ups and downs. Were there any clear drivers in one direction today . Abigail there really were not. Then, the bulls were out, we reverse lower. The nasdaq had been lower all day. But we saw today is what some are calling the reopening rotation. Some of the cyclical sectors, those climbed. As we saw those sectors climb, that is when some of the tech stock. Apple rebounded. The dow also backfire. The nasdaq did not make enough. Seventh update in a row. Longest winning streak since 2017. The russell 2000, that shows that divergence, the more value and cyclically
Implications for Monetary Policy but the implications for fiscal policy. Moree longer we wait, the institutional damage. Michael collins joining us. I think that was the first question everyone asked when this job support dropped, what do these numbers mean for the talks in d. C. . Michael i dont think these numbers have any impact. They are backward looking to a large extent. The survey period ended weeks ago. The is important is trajectory of job growth over the next couple quarters. Personally, it will be really sluggish. We have had a big rebound, a and part of that rebound is over, and it will be really tough. You have the expiration of some of these programs like ppp, unemployment benefits, and that is going to weigh on income and spending. Until theyy not act have a gun to their head. Are doing well, ostensibly, the markets are improving, they are dragging their feet. Negativewill take more data for them to act in unison. Jonathan in this market, it is not pushing anyone around.
As big as apple and starbucks and shut down a major form of personal communication between the u. S. And china. Doubtsre increasing about an agreement on another round of stimulus. The president now expected to bypass congress with more executive orders. Microsoft leading some of the declines today. Scarlet fu has been following the market action. Talk to us about the trading moves on the back of all this tension rising between the u. S. And china. Scarlet fridays in august are not usually known to be heavy news days, but we had a jobs report today and we had President Trump stepping up his campaign against chinese Tech Companies. The stock market closed mixed with the s p and dow little changed. Between a huge contrast small caps and the nasdaq. Focus really on gold. The relentless rally in gold prices and the selloff in the dollar, the better than expected jobs report reverse that trade. Gold still finishing the week up. The dollar finished up 0. 5 . There is concern that that jobs r
It is the 32nd time this year the nasdaq has set a record close again. This morning, we are looking at a negative picture this morning, you are looking at red ar owes. S p indicated down by about 16 points everybody is waiting to see. At least right now, 10year looks like it is narrowing to 2. 5 jobs friday today. Forecasters will expect payroll to climb 1. 48 million after june gains shattered expectations a huge number this time around unemployment is expected to drop 10. 6 from 11. 1 from june well take you through 8 30 a. M. When those numbers actually hit. News breaking this morning for those of us in new york city who woke up and thought what just happened. Con edison investigating widespread outages. As an upper westsider, no power there. You lost power . A true black out. We are in 2020, what could go wrong . I looked around and thought, it is so dark what is going on is the nasdaq going to have power. What am i going to do . Here we are middown. You left connecticut to come to
Any precipitous policy, at least not at the present time. How much more shock can this market take before theres longterm effects on the economy . What do you think . Look, the market the markets had a shortrun correction, and i guess its 10 or 11 or something. Weve been through this many, many times before. And i dont think even though its frontpage story and nobody likes to see their asset values go down, i just dont think at this point its going to have much of an impact. I will qualify that, depends how long this lasts, how deep it goes, but i could cite a number of historical experiences. The one i remember the most, i was a cub scout way back when, and i remember the 1987 market crash and i remember president reagan going out and saying the economic v economy is fundamentally sound, and it actually grew by 3 or 4 in the next couple years after this crash. President trump said it in this room two nights ago, we just think the economy is sound, and therefore i just dont think this