Boris johnson sparked outrage. News out ofing south korea. We are getting the jobless rate falling to 3. 2 percent. The expectation was that the jobless rate would come in at 4. 2 percent so this is much better than expected. We are also talking about the sixth straight month of decline in jobless rates. That 270 4000ring jobs were removed in august from a year earlier. We know that south korea has seen its government really boost those job creation efforts not to mention we could have seen domestic demand being held by the Summer Holiday season and more jobs being available. The government pushing for a fourth extra budget. This is of course helping workers and businesses who lost income due to the latest restrictions and jobless rates. 3. 2 . In for august at watch out for what happens later in the following months given we have seen this flare up in virus cases towards the end of august, haiti. Haidi. Haidi pretty dire numbers coming out and we continue to watch what happens when it
Fortt and sara eisen is joining us, working a split shift. The biggest loss for the dow since july 30th. Were back to 34. 30. Had a pretty good nice opening, john, as we got that trade deal commitment, the phone call between the reps between the u. S. And china then Consumer Confidence hits and it was just not enough to offset the best number for new home sales since 2006. Yes some things still creeping higher you see amazon a bit higher. Microsoft up about a percent alphabet, too. Adobe hitting alltime highs earlier this morning, which just goes to show, there are certain story lines in this market, sarah that continue to do well for sure, naturally, the s p 500 is positive because of those groups communication services, consumer discretionaries, financials are higher and the nasdaq just topped higher, john, as squawk alley started as Technology Goes green. I would just say on the consumer, this is a mixed picture were getting. Confident was down, all of the components of it, carl, we
Intel is the story the margin story, the share loss or more. Looking forward to getting some more detail and clarity from the ceo of intel that will join us in just a few minutes. This is not all bad news there is a beat on the top and bottom lines really the focus is on manufacturing which is, you know, for generations literally it has been one of intells hallmarks and advantages now the manufacturing job not like i have seen ever in the period that i have been covering the company. Yeah, and john, i think it is a big question for the longer term what makes them so confident that it will be six months and i know we always play this game, but we always look at this, how much has intel shed. Perhaps, guys, what might matter most is that it has fallen blow nvidia they have been neck and neck going back and forth and that is probably the one that hurts. That is interesting i would say in a way less interesting than amd which is really head to head against intel right now in the argument a
Unemployment and he did not talk about a payroll tax cut. We know many top gop senators are not big fans but lindsey graham, a republican close to the president said he had dinner with the president last night where they discussed the tax cut and that he will be fully supporting it. He did not make those top line priorities that mcconnell laid out this morning is it fair at this early stage to argue that for mcconnell the red line is liabilities protections . That is right, i should have mentioned that as well, carl he said that is essential that businesses and schools can open up safely and any gains that the economy sees is not eaten up by trial lawyers putting ft. Worth frivolous lawsuits that remains critical to republicans as well even as they start those conversations. Both among themselves and with democrats about what should be in the next round. Thank you our next guest has been busy in the last couple days not the least of which was his call on amazon the lead internet analys
Not surprisingly tech stocks are holding up the best today. Bob is looking where we stand on earnings about halfway through the season and our tech team will get us ready for what to expect tonight josh lipton on apple julia on facebook. Bob, lets start with you. Kelly, earnings are a little bitter than expected the market is holding up pretty well because of that the big winner here remains technology stocks. Why shouldnt it just look at the Second Quarter earnings estimate. You heard of what a disaster the sec quarter is 38 for the Second Quarter this is almost the same for the Second Quarter technology will have a small decline. Thats why tech keeps winning. Look at lam research they make semiconductor equipment. The ceo said covid19 has underscore the rapid growing on reliance look at the chart up 28 good Earnings Report but straight up since the bottom in march. Telemedicine is killing it look at these numbers here 2. 8 million visits in the Second Quarter. 200 growth. They raised