In europe things are in the red. The dax and cac are down 0. 6 . The ftse off by 0. 8 . Knitly, sto ly in italy, stocks are down about a percent. Right now the dollar is up against the euro which is trading at 1. 0874. Down against the yen. And crude oil has been weakening even as the dollar had been struggling with issues. Wpi down abo wti down by 1. 43 . Have we shown the tenyear . No. I would show the tenyear. 2. 40. I will do a story in a second talking about fed speak again. Who cares about the fed anymore, theyre irrelevant, not at 2. 40. 2. 40. We were on our way again. We were on our way again theoretically to 2. 60, 2. 70, 3 . What does that say . Does that say 1 gdp number in the First Quarter stays at 1 . None of these things in the trump agenda come on time . Or big as expected . Are they delayed . Does trump care lite mean tax reform light . Or do we even get the taxes . So these ive never been in congress, i never will be. But theres a lot of kabuki dance. I understand th
Lower by 126 points, the s p lower by 14 and the nasdaq lower by 29. Yesterday, though, stocks did get a boost from last months Federal Reserve meeting. The notes are suggesting quantitative easing will likely end in october. The central bank will move slowly to raise rates after that. Today, the focus turns to the other side of the pond. Were waiting for a position decision from the bank of england. Thats going to happen around 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Bank of england expected to leave its key rate on hold at a record low 0. 5 . As for the u. S. Economic calendar, here is what were watching. Jobless claims expected to increase by 4,000 to 319,000. Then wholesale trade is out at 10 00 a. M. Corporate news, bank of america is reportedly seeking fed approval again for a 5 cent quarterly dividend. In march, the firm revised an okay to boost its way out, but it had to withdraw the plan after discovering it miscalculated capital levels. In other news on the bank, attorney general eric holde
Do that job well wing activist groups are looking for a change. Higher and not Debt Coalition is demanding more fairness in Higher Education to fix the problem well talk about that and much more himself a new there is a mark six the washington d c im hearing it in your wanting rt america. Since then with the latest in ukraine over the past couple of weeks of conflict in the country has shifted from seattle to creamy not a region located on the northern coast of the black sea as geo political tensions continue to rise lawmakers voted today to hold a referendum on whether the region should become a part of russia. To get some reaction said that earlier i spoke with our ts maria the notion i was on the ground in crimea. Funding and thursday crime is falling victim to jolene russia eighteen of the story decision based vast area that seems to be on to the russian empire and tim today has the strong ties with its being neighbor we will then hobbled its population being rash isnt that the rus