Tuesday things are back in the green but the question is for how long were going to get to that shortly with some expert analysis but thats whats going on on wall street what about whats happening on main street please pardon the political cliche there an increasing number of businesses have been forced to close in major cities throughout the United States as of tuesday the United Auto Workers have called for a 2 week shutdown of plants operated by ford General Motors and chrysler to safeguard their members from a crow Virus Outbreak Movie Theaters Movie Theater operators amc and regal will close for up to 12 weeks Department Store nordstrom will close for 2 weeks apple stores have closed and the list keeps growing on tuesday at the white house u. S. Treasury secretary Stephen Moore nugent spoke about what the administration has planned to stimulate the economy and help those working americans. Although the president likes the idea of the payroll tax holiday i will tell you what weve h
Plus as the virus continues its spread across the globe so as misinformation about the outbreak and tech giants are teaming up to take it on and later the global Aviation Industry has been battered by the virus could help for the sector be just over the horizon we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And after the worst day for the u. S. Market since 1987 were seeing a bit of a rebound following an early rate cut from the u. S. Federal reserve as the central bank tries to mitigate the Economic Impact of the coronavirus markets tumbled to yearly lows losing more than 10 percent and on tuesday things are back in the green but the question is for how long were going to get to that shortly with some expert analysis but thats whats going on on wall street what about whats happening on main street please pardon the political cliche there an increasing number of businesses have been forced to close in major cities throughout the United States as of tuesday the United Auto Workers h
Welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt. David faber and Morgan Brennan are here a lot to get to today, including winners and losers from last nights Golden Globes. Well begin with todays market drop, though stocks are off the lows, actually at the highs of the session. Bob pisani has whats driving todays down swing and maybe swing a little back up more than a little. We almost went positive a few moments ago on the s p 500 heres the intraday. This is similar to friday. The low print but v was there at the open friday we tended to have faded into the middle of the day, looked more like that. Well see if the same pattern happens. For the moment, we touch even going on the s p ill show you the sectors here cyclicals tend to be most affected energy on the upside today mostly the big integrated companies that are up, shale down, e banks down but off the lows same with transports not a good day for the transports overall retail is down, but again, off the lows thats the general pattern you se
Pulled that into this. Treasury, we want treasury to be able to have the cash that it needs and we are essentially taking that to our work. There may come a time when we talk about that. I think we are more focused, frankly, on the bill purchases the year end and review of supervisory and regulatory issues that were digging into and we think these are structural things, right just allow the liquidity that is already there to flow more freely perhaps by making fairly straightforward noncontroversial changes. We think there is some of that if they take role changes, it will take three months and things like that these things that were working on now, like going through year end with the overnight facilities and the bill purchases and the term repo, those are things we have to do right now and are doing. Chris hi. I wanted to ask the only change in the statement was a drop in the reference to uncertainties around the economy you seem very confident or it implies theres a lot of confidence
Source sores soars. Australian markets have just open for trade. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sophie its hitting the Snooze Button with markets little changed to the downside. Aussie dollar just retreating a touch. We are also keeping an eye on what is happening with the u. K. Election taking place thursday and india very much focused as we get Health Checks on the economy. We are also waiting on japanese machine orders. We have singapore on the docket as well. Paul thanks very much. Lets check in on first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the u. K. Vote later thursday in an election that will define its relationship with the eu for years to come. Brexit has been the central issue in the campaign with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting the contingency board will only happen quickly if the conservatives turn a strong victory. Uncertainty surrounding brexit has led to eu leaders hoping for a johnson win so the negotiations can come to an end. We will have special extended