Three months 9 million jobs added after losing 22 million in march and april. Right my fear is that this may make it so that the negotiators for the package drag things out because things are better than expected so it looks like you could make a case lets be more considerate about this that would be bad because this number does not include a lot of reclosing, the biggest increase line item was bars bars and restaurants and we know that that backfired. So i intend to i think that its really important to keep the fire to the feet of these Congress People because, boy, i just dont think i think this is the last good one bloomberg is going with the headline that says the talks last night were rancorous and really no signs brink of collapse is one of the headlines out of bloomberg. Yeah. You dont think that the strength of jobs number today, jim, gives the democrats any incentive to blink ive been debating that all morning and i think that you heard you heard Speaker Pelosi on our show tha
Debates backtoschool, voters are not allowed to see or hear him say those words. Almost immune. We have a lot more on this, believe me. Lets get straight to your money. An economic indicator, here it is, 1. 19 million new jobless claims. That is the lowest number since the economy tanked. It is very good news for the recovery. The trend in new claims is flat out down. The dow industrials taking a little heart from that. We were lower, now were going to be up maybe 30 odd points. Not much of a gain. Theres a lot of green on the lefthand side of the screen. The market story is the march to new highs. The techheavy nasdaq already hit several records this week. The dow is at the 27,000 level. Thats up 8,000 points in four months. Theres a lot of very positive news in the background. Positive vaccine news. That helped. Dr. Fauci says well have tens of millions of doses of the vaccine available early next year. Heres another plus. If congress doesnt come up with a virus relief package, the p
Its down 207 but the russell 2000 has the biggest percentage loss. The small and midcaps are getting creamed, down about 3 right now for the russell. Powell tying an economic recovery to a Covid Vaccine and therapies that can cure horrific symptoms including a disturbing new lifethreatening clotting disorder like the blood clots that cost a broadway star his leg. Enter the biopharma ceo mike sherman, here in a fox business exclusive on his new anticlotting covid drug thats on the fda fast track. Boy, are they moving fast. Plus as the covid outbreak destroys huge retail names, its actually bringing back one from a near coma, at least the stock. Speaking of stock, its overstock. Com, not just alive but actually thriving with triple digit sales increases. Overstock ceo Jonathan Johnson here in a fox business exclusive on the steps hes taken to fill a leadership vacuum left by the controversial former ceo, patrick byrne, and the problems of coronavirus. Plus bring on the quarantinis. Alcoh
Were not seeing anything like that today. We have tech stocks that are lifting the nasdaq right now. Dow is down about 44 points but the nasdaq looking nice and strong here, up 94 points. The coronavirus pandemic of course is still causing not glitches but massive disruptions in particularly the u. S. Meat supply. Shortages are now upon us, as stores now limit purchases of beef and pork and chicken to prevent hoarding. That has beyond meat surging after the plantbased meat giant reported better than expected quarterly earnings. That stock up 23 . But its biggest competitor, oneupping beyonds good news. Impossible foods and its ceo pat brown are here in a fox business exclusive on his huge deal that he Just Announced with kroger and how virus hot zones are popping up in meat plants and spurring consumers to make a big change in what they are putting on their dinner table. And as lockdowns linger, more companies are realizing that keeping employees working from home might actually improv
21. 5 Million People lost their jobs in april. Oil prices have also been higher last check of wti saw it just above 24. Thats a began of about 3 that link between oil and stock market futures has been strong too. It has been very, very strong it is interesting. It has been strong on the way up the question is was it strong on the way down it is interesting to think what has been driving what . It has been stuck here. It is up 11 the next morning it is 26 and then 23 again. At the end of the session, it seemed to go back. Weve been holding at 24 24, 25 that seems to be enough. These futures are up 250 points every morning. At the end of the day, weve given it back. We are up to 250 again are you kidding me, china, if we are being nice about trade, thats enough to send the markets up again we are back to that . At least it takes the threat off the table. If you start adding tariffs on, i wonder what happens. Earlier this week, all of this harsh rhetoric. We talked about it yesterday, wha