Thanks for having me back listen i put very little stock into what any account is really said because theyre not calling it until its already over and theyre sure on your show with you i said that were going into a recession back at the end of january it was easy to see that the years are to break down and of course then the buyers really kicked in and we saw the country shut down which is automatically by itself going to create some major problems creating a recession again this steve this is how fast they bond nobody really knows the answer to that and well see where we go from here but at the end of the day were going to start to see the country start to open again were seeing more action in the market and were seeing the actually people start to go to work so again if the virus stays away and we can continue to open and get the country fully open then the recession will be over however there are always the chances that we could have a rebuild this virus and they asked again and we
The designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some expert analysis on this and and the state of the economy with todd morris chief strategist at the trading and cohost christiane who joins us from los angeles thank you both for being here today but i want to start with you now the n b e r declared that the u. S. Recession began officially in february now this marks the fastest the n b r has actually declared any recession is this a good thing as the faster the drop usually the faster the bounce back. From a back listen i put very little stuff. To what any account is really said because theyre not calling it until its already over and theyre s
Worldwide trade has been slashed. Postnba future, we will hear from lebron james. Feeling more risk as we head into the last trading session of the week for asia. Lasttrading flat after the halfhour of frenzied gains, s p 500 up 20 loss in the previous session. Nikkei futures at the moment looking flat. Dollaryen holding at 107. Gainingg dollar index with the exception of the kiwi and aussie dollar. It feels like we will see modest over in spite of concerns increased virus numbers, particularly in the u. S. And globally we are averaging 150,000 new cases per day. The underscores uncertainty. The senate in the u. S. Approving a bipartisan bill that would limit banks doing business with chinese officials involved in hong kong. Tom mackenzie is in beijing. It still has to be signed into law. Given unanimous consent, how likely is it this will be enacted . Tom very likely at this stage. It has bipartisan support in the house and it has been signed off in the senate. It will end up on trump
Have a 6 pack show today so lets dive right in. And the United States has officially entered a recession in february of this year ending 128 months of economic expansion which was the longest run in more than 150 years according to the National Bureau of Economic Research now the announcement from this organization comes much earlier in a recession than they generally like the any b r wrote about the situation saying the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production and its broad reach across the entire economy warrants the designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some. Analysis on this and and the state of the economy
Two million for the nante straight week. And the fed could hold further guidance until the fall. B. O. J. Upped the board for Small Businesses. The question you may be asking yourself in the market today is where the focus will shift in todays session from reopening to escalation. Hong kong very much the focus over the abandonment of the growth target for this year which was widely anticipate. The central bank that we learned overnight is india unexpectedly cutting rates with g. D. P. Set to shrink. We had that note from goldman talking about the worst recession ever in the Second Quarter for india. Weve got a 40basispoint rate cut to 4 from india today. Little bit of weakness in the rupee. In terms of the broader market, youre seeing the hang seng lead those losses in asia there is red on the screen across asian markets. Also u. S. And european futures pointing to a lower open. A clear risk coming through today. The 10year treasury yield drops by three basis points toward the 64 and o