And the environment. Obvious misspelling of the word republican, and we are trying to get into the conversation because we think conservatives know that Free Enterprise can solve this if we fix the economics. We think what we have is a problem of economics that has environmental consequence. We are conservatives who care about Climate Change, think there is a solution in Free Enterprise, one that is actually acceptable to many progressives. Host those conservatives you talk about, how many do you think go along with your line of thinking . Guest we have over 10,000 members online, with us in various ways, taking actions. But we think there are way more than that out there. Its a matter of making that visible and audible to their members of congress and senators. Here is the thing that i hope doesnt burst any bubbles. Politicians typically follow, they dont lead. If we establish that constituency, they will follow it and actually provide some direction toward solving Climate Change. Tha
Contest has hit a 20 year low so if you are excited to vote in this years president ial election and you want to tell us why, call us at 202 7488000. If you are not excited and want to tell us why, call us at 202 7488001. And you can always text us at 202 7488003. You can find us on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, and you can also reach out to us on x cspanwj. So here is the gallup poll that was released. Americans showing average enthusiasm heading into this years contest for 2024. They compare it to years past. When asked about this years election, this was back in march, 54 of those describing themselves as more enthusiastic to participate in this years president ial election versus 41 saying they were less enthusiastic. And then the same, about 4 , going back four years to the matchup between biden versus trump. It was 56 saying in april of 2020 they were enthusiastic to participate. Less enthusiastic, 28 . And then back to 2016 when it was then donald trump and Hillary Clinton, 4
S p down 1. 1 , and the russell down 1. 05 . Why . One main reason is china. China devaluing its currency. The dollar strengthening significantly. Oil is down big time, look at that, dollar strength, it takes fewer dollars now to buy a gallon of a barrel of oil at 43. 2, down almost 4 . Brent down almost 3 , gold up just a little bit as you see there about a half percent. Mandy is out but sarah eisen who knows a lot about currencies and china is with us today. Thank goodness youre here. I live for days like this, watching the dow and the impact of china spread across the globe. Bob pisani, anything with any china or Commodity Exposure is getting pummeled. Dow up 240 yesterday, down 240 now. Its a wasted week so far. Put them up, Materials Energy and industrials to the downside. Thats the big losers. Some of the obvious names and their impact from china. We always talk about casinos, wynn 70 of revenues in china, and yum brands 50 of its revenue in china down 5 . Those are the easy ones
Definitely a recovery in that and again, it delay. Presume there was also a Strong Demand for housing. Other breaking news not to do with the u. S. Economy but to do with canada. The bank of canada has an overnight different Interest Rate of 1 and says it will be cautious with future rate increases. Some economists and strategists in canada have predicted a stronger saying they might signal that they would raise rates. Be s not necessarily to viewing that we see the dollar strengthened up about one half of 1 . Getting back to the u. S. Averages, were seeing some weakness. All three major averages are down here. Lets get to them and earnings movers i should say, up and down. First of all, anthem is stronger today. Earnings topping estimates by 10 , the biggest beat we have seen, earnings per share up a percent 8 . Illustrating a debt ratio more, andoving actually rising. Now little changed, almost 2000 rite aid stores, we reported process profit estimates, coming down to her gerbil is o
Sri lanka has raised its key Interest Rate of the First Time Since july to bolster the rupee. That lending and deposit rates were increased by 25 basis points. Sri lanka is struggling to balance growth and record inflation amid the worst drought in 40 years. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Turning now to the markets. Afternoon trading getting underway and hong kong and china. The hang seng down. 1 . Shenzhen and shanghai both down slightly. Caroline im caroline hyde. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, googles advertising crisis goes global. Big brands in the u. S. Join the u. K. In the backlash over terrorism. Fitbit turns 10, the ceo reflects on the early hypergrowth and the recent troubles facing the company in its turnaround efforts. The senate votes to nullify fcc broadband privacy rules. What that means for internet giants and your data. Googles advertising crisis goes global. It beg