The dax In frankfurt. Up by almost I. 7 . Lets speak now to vIctorIa fernandez, chIef Market StrategIst at Crossmark Global Investments thank you for beIng wIth us. Nobody saw these RetaIl Sales fIgures comIng In to strong. Why has that gIven such cheer to Investors . The us Economy Is surely drIven by the consumer, 73 of the Economy Is from the consumer spendIng. And so when there was thIs fear that the consumer was pullIng back and we were seeIng weakness In the Labour Market, and therefore wager stagnatIng, there was a huge fear that thIs was goIng to lead the Economy If not Into a recessIon, defInItely a Pull Back and weakness In the Economy. RetaIl sales are somethIng people have been waItIng on. The Number Today was very posItIve. The markets were reactIng accordIngly. The bIggest drIver In thIs retaIl Sales Number was motor vehIcles, whIch Is InterestIng because If you look at the cpI report, the InflatIon Report you mentIoned a whIle ago, It was actually used Car PrIces that wa
Who already have a presence in doha. To gaza, then, where more than 40,000 people have been killed in the war, according to figures from the hamas run health ministry. The figures dont differentiate between civilians and fighters. The Ministrys Breakdown of identified reported fatalities says a majority are children, women or elderly people. The un has found the figures from gaza in previous conflicts reliable. This month, israels military told the bbc that more than 15,000 hamas fighters had been killed during the war. Israel is not allowing internationaljournalists from media organisations, including the bbc, independent access to gaza, so we are not able to independently verify figures. The war began after hamas fighters stormed into Southern Israel on october the seventh, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. Israel says more than 300 of its soldiers have been killed in the fighting since. Barbara Plett Usher reports now and a warning you may find some details upset
Did not give a lot of clarity on wednesday, maybe itd be september. Then fridays economic data showed a boost in unemployment, not good. Then we had a weekend full of Fear Mongering around the middle East And Iran attacking israel. Then you had the japanese market go down, the largest amount since 1987. All of that together added to this crazy fear thing. We saw the vicks spike above 65 today, which showed fear, as your prior speaker said, not panic but fear. So i dont think this is much a reflection on the economy as much as a perfect storm around all these components happening in the market. You know, fundamentally, nothing that much has changed economically since ten days ago when we were trading at Record Highs across the Board And Everyone was saying there is never another down day on Wall Street. Nothing fundamentally has changed. Okay. That was new York Stock Exchange Trader explaining yesterdays global market selloff. He was good. Hes into. As you pointed out, and Andrew Ross S
Another republican voice to the table, Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The question is, what does Kevin Mccarthy have to say about the move . And Team Usa continues its quest for medals. Katie ledecky comes up for the first event, but the question is can she still bring home the gold . It is way too early for this. Whats up, everybody . We will start with the news. Coronavirus continues to rise and the nations top infectious Diseases Expert Dr. Anthony fauci says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Nbc News Correspondent Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Reporter the Worstcase Scenario among the unvaccinated. It feels like were going back in the bowel again, and its definitely another wave. Reporter the highly contagious Delta Variant fueling a new surge in cases across the country. The countrys top doctor. We could have a considerable problem with the surge of infections. Reporter the variant sweeping through the South Accounting for 40 of the new cases in the country. But in miam
Terry and i share a lot in common. I ran against Donald Trump and so has terry. [ Crowd Chanting ] its not a trump rally. Let them holler. No one is paying attention. The president , former president , is expected to speak today in arizona, one of the Swing States that in fact cost him the White House in november. And on the covid watch this hour, we have nbcs monica alba. Monica, you first, as we have president biden with some of his strongest comments for the rise in covid cases. What exactly did he say . Reporter its something, alex, the White House is following very closely. The president just got a lengthy briefing from his covid Response Team Yesterday in the oval office. That was behind closed doors, but what we do know is theyre evaluating and weighing whether to change any recommendations or guidance when it comes to masking or social distancing. As of now they say theres no intention to alter those, but that the science will really be the driver. So last night when he spoke i