Washington has been demanding transparency and threatening to delist mainland companies. Australia is ramping up tensions with its top partner. You a quick get track of the markets. This after we saw another record high for u. S. Equities. The s p 500 and nasdaq composite soaring to another record high for a fourth consecutive session. The s p gaining ground for five sessions. Tech and communication stocks leading the gains. We are up about 55 since the march lows. We had some positive data. The u. S. July durable goods orders meeting estimates. All of that boosting optimism that the fed will keep Monetary Policy loose. With the dollar weakened, due to the strongerthanexpected eco , take a look at what oil is doing. It is gaining ground. About 43 per barrel. In around five months, the highest level. We have hurricane laura. More than 80 of oil output and nearly 3 Million Barrels have been shut down in the gulf of mexico. Haidi continuing to watch the oil patch for those disruptions. Le
Bay area wildfires turning even more deadly tonight weve learned a 70 yearold man has been found dead in Santa Cruz County where the czu lightning complex fires are burning coal fire says those fires are burning at least 74,000 acres so far in san mateo and santa cruz counties. It is at 8 containment at least a 163 structures have been destroyed. There are roughly 1500 fire personnel working on the fire lines kron fours gayle ong joins us now live. In the Santa Cruz Mountains in Scotts Valley with more on this fire fight. Gayle. Well that 70 yearold man was found in the low area of last chance the road and of Santa Cruz County sheriffs deputies are also looking into 3 other missing persons cases. Firefighters are focusing on saving homes. We have video of what theyre doing today and you can see a they were a back burning they were setting fires to control the fire line around a home on highway 9 in Boulder Creek and this is right by the Boulder Creek Community Church. They were making
Which will hit in b about an hours time. The s p up by just three basis points coming up on todays show, former National Economic council dr director, gary kohn, will join us about reopening the the economy. The debate over funding for states and the Small Business ppp funding. Plus, a flood of big name earnings set to hit this afternoon including as you mentioned, alphabet. Starbucks, ford, am well also speak with the ceo after his Company Reports earnings, what consumers are doing and how much theyre snacking around the world. Lets focus on one hour of trade. Mike is tracking the Market Action in whats shaped up for a volatile day meg has Quarterly Results from big pharma names mike, start us off with the brorder market of what you seeing some pretty strong opposing currents holding the index in a steady mode. Look at the s p 500. This goes back a couple o years because i want to point out the areas that were encountering with this rally. Here we are around 2880. That takes us back t
Saying the u. S. Is winning the trade war with china, but the u. S. Deficit is set to balloon. Toeing Warns Companies to the line if they want access to the mainland economy. Get you started with a quick check of how markets closed the window session. Stocks were higher. They pared back some earlier gains. The s p 500 ended. 8 higher with every sector on the s p 500 and the green. Retailers were also hired. Today, we saw the bloomberg retail index at a threeweek high as we saw some positive s and target, lowe not to mention we saw that rally after we saw home depots stronger second half. That theyes signaling were ready to ease but not really hinting that this july rate cut was the start of an easing cycle, so twoyear treasury yields rallied. Treasury yields unchanged at the moment, so lets see where we are starting out the asian session. Sophie we are setting up for potentially positive gains with more earnings on tap for the region as well. We have a new zealands report card to consi
The early 1980s when it was not clear the fed could control inflation and the 1990s when the fed controlled inflation. Inflation today is under control, but there are new challenges from trade. Inhave much experience addressing typical macroeconomic developments, but fitting trade policy uncertainty into this framework is a new challenge. Unemployment is near a 50 year low. Inflation is not rising as the old model suggested it would. With Inflation Expectations so w, the neutral of rate neutral rate has fallen. Incorporating a lower right into policymaking does not require a significant change in our approach, but it may demand more fundamental change. How they change will depend on the policy review the fed is conducting this year. He takes no position on where they will end up. Does a promise to act as appropriate meet wall streets test . Vonnie i know we have to let you go in a moment. I want to get reaction from you to this speech. It says a lot for the jackson hole speech. The fed