Furman, who was across from chair yellen years ago at the councils of economic advisors. It will be fascinating to see what she does in a very different job. The headline is she has to do with congress and the senate. Jonathan and she is conditioned by the experience of the previous cycle, and i think that is really important. This is about avoiding a premature declaration of victory. Chair yellen has lived that, and im sure she wont want to make the same mistake twice. Tom i am really focused on the department of defense after the chaos we have seen over the last number of weeks, so that will be an important announcement as well. The backdrop here is maybe the clearing of uncertainty, and look where the markets are moving. , 3600. N on the s p 500 64 off the is up march bottom. On a long chart, it is actually a very elegant chart with all sorts of good features. You really Wonder Within the debate of those good conversations opening the show, you really wonder what the next leg is. Th
On the nations food supply and Meat Processing industry. On why, dr. James hamlin some people who contract coronavirus get sicker than others. Oft this, the last day april, jay powell says he expects an unprecedented drop in Economic Activity over the next few months after it was reported yesterday that the u. S. Economy shrank at a 4. 8 pace in the First Quarter and economists are decked in additional 3. 5 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance last week. The Labor Department will release those numbers officially later on this morning, which brings us to the question in the first hour, how has your financial situation been since the pandemic . Perhaps you have saved money or asked for financial help. We want to get a take on how you have been doing financially over the last few weeks. 202 7488000 if you are better off. 202 7488001 if you are worse off. If it stayed the same, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. You can also post to our twitter feed and Facebook Page.
The s p climbing 2 or so, now up 2. 35 . This after the monster rally we had just yesterday. 2. 25 . Technically, pushing the s p out of a bear market, but that is a heated debate. The 10year yield continuing to rise by seven or eight basis points. Today, rising by an additional 10 basis points. You are getting a weakening of the u. S. Dollar. Beware talking about the funding issues, stress levels coming into the bloomberg dollar index. Some of the natural correlations are starting to return just a little bit. There is some hope and optimism here. Copper futures rising 2 . Futures are at the highest may have been since march 17. Are closing, helping to reduce the supply, and some hopes now that the demand outlook is improving as well. Here for a deeper dive into the markets is abigail doolittle. What are you watching . Abigail thank you so much, taylor. Certainly a risk on rally for a second day in a row. You mentioned the s p 500 up about 2. 7 . Energy is climbing higher, even though
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