Election that may lead on for a while. Jimthan joining us now is karen of morgan stanley. Lets start with that question on the election. So many things we have been told to care about have not ended up mattering. Is the election any different . The election will matter, i just dont know when. Going into the election, there will be some risk that needs to be taken off the table, but when we think about both candidates, what is the main driver for the Economic Policy . The pandemic. Do we get a vaccine, second lockdown. That will be the main driver. If you think about a bride and presidency, you have to see growth coming from the fiscal side, expansion. If it is a trump presidency, probably more from the private side. Either way, both politicians have a plan to generate growth. It is up to the voters to decide which is better. I think both are going to matter. The point that another person brought up earlier, if there is a contested election, thats a problem. Markets can deal with uncert
It. Of we have been watching what has been going on on the louisiana coast for the latest headlines on hurricane laura, that has preoccupied people. Here in europe, also waiting on the latest developments from jackson hole. Just as we see laura weakening to a category three hurricane, although we know they can still linger it still do damage. Tom 120 Miles Per Hour maximum wind, but the landfall of 160 was extraordinary. The shape of the storm has changed as well. With our first word news in new york, here is ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. It is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit louisiana. You were just discussing hurricane laura, it made landfall near cameron, louisiana with maximum winds of 150 Miles Per Hour, plus there is a threat of a catastrophic storm surge and flash flooding. There is concern that damage could leave areas and uninhabitable for months. It will also shut down a third of the regions Refining Capacity. Winds have died down but laura is still a categor
Gaining stoxx 600 are 0. 7 . Trying to still digest moves from the fed at super tuesday. We are getting data out of the euro area. It is coming in instead of the 52. 8 we were expecting. The eurodollar is unchanged. Lifts foring similar the s p future. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with an update on the coronavirus. More than 50,000 people have recovered from the virus more been released from the hospital. The number of infections has risen. Now, to the spring meetings of the International Monetary fund. Will use a virtual format instead of holding the conference in washington dc. The two organizations have said they are fully committed to maintaining the coram. Japan is saying it could be possible to delay the summer olympics to later in the year amid concerns the coronavirus could cause the games to be canceled. Late may is seen as the latest a decision could be made. Is pressingapan ahead. Experts from opec and its allies recommended deeper cuts to
Whether we are any closer to a phase one deal between the u. S. And china. The s p 500 hitting another reluctant record, i would call it, and u. S. Futures on the front foot. The euro study. We sought strengthen steady. We saw it strengthen against the dollar yesterday. 1070 right now. General concern about growth in u. S. Stockpiles, meaning it is trading at 56. 96. Coming up, we speak to the managing director of the fund,ational monetary Kristalina Georgieva. Dont miss that. Markets pushing down the 10 year treasury yield last week. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Today, the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry start again. The u. S. House Intelligence Committee plans to hear from 8 witnesses this week. They are examining if the president lied to special counsel robert mueller. This comes as President Trump says he is strongly considering testifying in the investigation. The u. S. Reversing its stance that Israels West Bank settlements are illegal. The move is a big pol
Numbers and, of course, the payroll report tomorrow, which leads us to our talk of the tape we ask how results from apple and amazon right after the close of trading might drive the tape from here. Here to discuss all that is stephanie link, and malcolm etheridge, both are cnbc contributors both are here at post nine as well welcome. Hi. Steph, obviously, look, apple and amazon together more than 10 of the s p they matter for the index how the market reacts to the numbers. In general, in the context of an earnings season that has been strong relative to expectations, the mark kind of shrugged on some level, where do you think that leaves us as we figure out if this has just been a little bit of an air pocket in august i think it is a little bit of an air pocket, digesting the doubledigit gains we have seen across almost every indices. And i think august can be volatile maybe trade around, maybe to september, mike. But i think the economy underlying is pretty good. The Economic Data has