Back. Buoyed, they still think they can cobble together a stimulus deal and theyre getting a little closer. Theyre about i think latest indication about 600 billion apart. Democrats coming down to 2. 2 trillion. Such a steal. Such a buy. Republicans have been whispering about 1 1 2 to 1. 6 trillion, who knows. That that is a development few saw coming. Were 24 hours away from the big debate tomorrow. So that could obviously test these markets. So far not too flummoxed about president s taxes. Well see as we get on here. But that tax report we want to lead off front and center ahead of the big coverage planned from tomorrow night. How much the New York Times report, 5000 word plus investigation that goes into the president s taxes over the last couple of decades. The signature of both days developments is that, for a lot of those years he didnt pay any taxes and for at least the latest two years, these do not include the 2018 and 2019 years, he paid 750dollars each for each year. Consid
More than 2 and the s p and nasdaq at more than 3 a piece for the week and the s p and the green, five weeks in a row and that the longest winning streak since december, the dow on track to have for august since 1984. So the run keeps going for stocks, we will talk a lot about it, number of stories were covering with fox Business Team coverage, edward lawrence, blake berman, sit down jerry, we start with edward in washington. A quick flight back to jacksonville, part of the gains that we saw here in the markets could be related directly to the Federal Reserve and the action that the fed took yesterday, the Federal Reserve president said its an evolution, not a revolution specifically related to averaging to achieve the average of a 2 target in an inflation, the Federal Reserve trying to see if they can make things average about 2 , theyre saying that the people will not see the prices of the things that they buy jump noticeably, what theyre looking for is the price stability, less than
Postpandemic academy dominated by americas big tech companies. This friday morning, stocks are going up somewhere, can you believe that, we dont know how were going to close the session but the opening bell the dow will be up another triple digit, over 100 points, s p coming up a series of records of another nine this morning and the nasdaq made 39 records and moving higher again as of right now. That is the market, that is financial history, cue the fireworks, spectacular way to close out the republican convention, they lit up the sky over the white house after President Trump accepted the nomination for second term. It was a long speech, 70 minutes, the president made his pitch, vote for me and ill keep the streets safe and restore prosperity. Joe biden would ruin the country. You will hear it all, and then there is this, senator rand paul and his wife leaving the white house after the speech into an angry mob of demonstrators. That was intimidation that bordered the very close to re
Good to see you, melissa, live today from jacksonville, florida. Florida, the final stop on our swing state tour, out speaking to voters here in the Sunshine State the earlier today, all of this as President Trump prepares to formally accept the gop nomination later tonight back in washington. So a lot to do on a busy thursday. Fox Business Team coverage for you. Blake burman and gerri willis to start us off. Blake, you get to go fifth from the north lawn of the white house. Reporter and we have a little bit of news as it relates to no deal at all whatsoever for a phase four relief package because the chief of staff, mark meadows, and the House Speaker, nancy pelosi, spoke this afternoon, and pelosi has just put out a statement saying, essentially, that the talks once again went nowhere. This was the comment from the House Speaker a little while ago. Quote the conversation made clear that the white house continues to disregard the needs of the American People as the Coronavirus Crisis
Kaplanter kaplan dr. Joining us on the fed, the economics, and how it folds into policy. Joins us, james acey from aberdeen standard. We love having him on for a more holistic view of what is going on. How alone is technology here in its ascent . James i think it looks incredibly alone. If you look at the u. S. Equity market without scratching beneath the surface, the messages that youve had an amazing recovery. The equity market is not just priced return to normality, but it has gone beyond. When you scratch a little beneath that surface. They really are the only things pushing higher, almost regardless of incoming data, regardless of the economic environment we face. That trend is global as well. Youou take the msci world, get a very different picture. If you take tech out of u. S. Equities, you get a very different picture again. It does seem that the market is saying that virus were no virus, whatever the world we are about to face, it is not a bad thing for tech. Quite the opposit