As much as 5 Billion each day according tojpmorgan analysts. Us retailers, automakers and other businesses now face Ballooning Freight rates ahead of the crucial festive shopping season. Large retailers have pulled forward imports of much of their Holiday Merchandise and made reservations with west Coast Ocean and Rail Carriers in hopes of avoiding any disruption. Lets speak to peter sand, chief analyst at xeneta, an Ocean Freight analytics firm. Hello to you. I know you have already calculated what this could mean if the Strike Action goes ahead, so do tell us more. A disruption like this always comes at a bad time for European Exporters into North America as well as North American exporters out of thE East Coast And Gulf coast. It will be impacted at first but this seems to be a first for almost 50 years, has the potential not only to lift Freight Rates higher due to the disruption from the strike, but certainly also to have wider implications, one or two months later down the road w
The battleground now coming into focus, the battlegrounds we should say. Kamala harris and Donald Trump will hone in on about half a dozen states for the next 53 days that could make or break their campaigns. In all likelihood thats the case. Good morning on a friday. Dana has the day off. Martha maccallum, my Colleague And Friend has had one doozy of a week. Martha quite a week for everybody. Great to be with you. Im Martha Maccallum and this is americas newsroom. Were gearing up for an actionpacked day. No stopping between now and november 5th. Former President Trump kicks things off doing a News Conference in california. That should be interesting. That will happen at noon eastern. You will want to tune in for that. Reminder, we havent had one of these at all from Vice President harris, 54 days, 0 Press Conferences from the v. P. Bill do you think she rides out the string . We dont know. Trump heads to nevada for a rally in vegas. The Vice President will return to pennsylvania. P. A
The headline number, 57. 5, down from 59. 3. This is a very elevated number by historical standards still, but there are signs of some weakness creeping into those figures. It was unlikely they would remain as high as they did. The survey number was 58. We come through with a headline number of 57. 5. Prices paid a little light as well. The employment number has dropped quite significantly. This may be something you want to Pay Attention to. Remember, we are waiting for the payrolls number friday. 48. 4 is where we are coming through their. Construction spending month on month, 1. 3 . Lets break it all down. Lets get some details. Mike mckee come over to you. Michael you gave us most of the details there that matter, especially that employment number. That has been concerning people in the markets. We have seen a slowdown in the economy reflected in the topdown numbers, although manufacturing has been the source of strength in most economies around the world since the depth of the covi
3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going
Trillions from washington, more printing by the fed, that is a shot in the arm for stocks. Look at this, the dow industrial is going up maybe 300 points plus at the opening bill. The s p up 33, nasdaq up close to 100 points. Investors are really shrugging off the new round of stay at home and lockdown orders. And restrictions, were new ones in new jersey, ohio and california. And, yes, another case of lawmaker hypocrisy. L. A. County supervisor sheila are cool voted to ban Outdoor Dining at restaurants and then promptly went out for an outdoor meal at her favorite restaurant in santa monica. Youd think theyd learn, wouldnt you . Weve got a big show for you. Were going to introuse you to monetary introduce you to monetary theory. You dont pay for anything. Youll meet the man who declared an autonomous zone around his bar. Now, that is defiance. And youll meet the california guy who is flipping burgers on the sidewalk because they shut his restaurant down. And today, yes, we have got a T