The survey number was 95. Present situation, 94. 2. That is better than last time. In terms of expectations, though, 91. 5. The Manufacturing Index has come through better than the survey. Last time, it was flat with expectations at five. We came through at 10. The consumer is getting jittery. Alix especially as the sunbelt is hit. We had an announcement from the fed earlier. Michael mckee is with us. Walk us through the numbers and to talk about the fed meeting tomorrow. Mike the numbers are connected to the meeting, with Consumer Confidence following and the outlook for the next six months dropping dramatically as it did, the economy is looking like it will go back into some sort of contraction, based on the new covid19 cases we are seeing. The fed sees as something they do not like, because moments ago they announced they are extending seven of the nine lending programs they put into place in march, through the end of the year. They were going to expire on september 30. The only one
It sums up everything that you need to know in the markets. Equities are down, which means you are getting a flock into full faith and credit. You are getting massive dollar weakness for three straight days. The weakest we have seen on the dollar since 2018. The story of the week, all about gold. Investors watching back in as a hedge against low rates. Big concern about the trajectory of this economy. As i mentioned, some of that trajectory is coming from the fed. They are extending most of their emergency Lending Program until the end of the year in an effort to support the economy amid the pandemic. The fomc kicks off their twoday meeting in washington with a Rate Decision due tomorrow. We are joined by Kevin Nicholson riverfront investment group, Global Fixed Income ceo. I love days like this where i can get a fixed income guy talk about equities. You are talking about the tactical favoring of equities. How much is relative value, where a dividend yield is worth it to basis points o
Were going to go back to steve as soon as we sort out the audio. The main information, 100 was the vote in favor of this decision as steve was just beginning to say, theysh no plans to raise Interest Rates through 2022, and said theyre committed to providing more support following shutdowns to contain the coronavirus. The dow is still down about 150 points we still have the tenyear treasury yield kind of drifting toward the lows of the session before the decision hit. Steve, let me bring you back in here im sorry. Well go back to steve in a moment were running through the tenyear troishry yield. Now just a mare john, is there more you would like to hear sorting through the statement . It looks like they have made a statement about continuing bond purchases at current levels i think thats a pretty big deal they had been tapering bond purchases, and i think what theyre signaling today is theyre not going to continue to taper that i think importantly theyre looking for bond purchases to h
Foundations for a new eastwest trade route. Rishaad the weekend hackers may strike again on monday. At apples market capitalization in excess of 800 billion. If you add them up, you have a 8527,d capitalization, we are at roughly 3 trillion. Quite something. That is what we have at the moment. Some people saying these five have too much clout when it comes to soft power and real power with the amount of data they have at their disposal. The tech names pushing higher with the rest of the market treading water. On the asian agenda, some china expected, retail sales come Industrial Production, some of that expected to have ease, particularly industrial activity , painting the picture q1 was week. I want to touch on the credit data over the weekend and on friday. , credit expansion continues to push forward despite the Deleveraging Campaign from beijing that has shaken the markets. We did see these numbers coming in stronger than expected, aggregate financing expanding to just over 200 bil
And tax reform investors will at some point, maybe sooner rather than later say okay enough of this. But for now, the market is not, were holding on but the dow is down 72. Hello, everybody, im cheryl casone. Im in for trish regan today. I would like to welcome you to the intelligence report. Boy, there is a lot going on. Source close to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just told fox news the senator plans to go forward with a vote to repool obamacare first even if that vote fails. Right now appears mcconnell is well short of the votes he needs, to debate, debate the repeal bill as three republican senators are voting know. Were all over that story. Were waiting for Mitch Mcconnell. Were you watching President Trump getting back to his America First agenda. The Administration Just unveiling a new nafta plan aimed at shrinking our trade deficit with canada and with mexico. How exactly is this going to happen . How is this going to work . We have the intel for you on that. First i