3 10 of 1 . The dollar is on offer and the pound is overtaking the 130 level. We will try and see whether or not we are getting developments in the brexit story. Some suggest from the bbc that a deal has been done on the internal market bill that will tradingmps and crude higher as well. We saw Inventory Data a little bit early on. The fed is the main event. Alix but also, a vaccine. The official says that all americans may get a Covid Vaccine by april. The s p so far has no reaction and we are already off the lows of the session by. 3 . All americans may get a vaccine by april, unbelievable, if we can get it done and distributed. The fed has to take that into account as well. Joining us is randall kroszner. Always good to talk to you. I am trying to understand how the fed looks like a headline looks at a headline like vaccines and some Economic Data that is not terrible. Service sectors were not bad. We did not have a catastrophe because of no extra fiscal stimulus. How does it deal w
Have announced today will provide strong support for the economy. We are saying that roommates rates will remain accommodative until the economy as far along. Leaves stimulus untouched. No move expected either. Todays action could come from south africa as they battle we growth. President trump contradicts his health officials, saying a vaccine could come by october. Deutsche bank says new york city staff can stay at home until next year. 6 00 a. M. In london. Lets get you uptodate with the interpretation of fed speak. Good morning. I take you to ing. Its about the credibility andeen Forward Guidance state contingent Forward Guidance. We got both last night. That makes for more potent situations. Perhaps doubly irrelevant. Annmarie a note this morning saying theres no pleasing some people. What else could the fed have done . Maybe qe. Also talking about the fact, they were saying, monetary stimulus, its time to focus on policies for the real economy. In that moment, jay powell is right
The Investment Committee is ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us on this friday our Investment Committee here today joe terranova, john levanthal, josh brown, and marc lasry is here. Lets fwin with the markets. Stocks extending gains, more trade optimism marc, good to see you again. Thanks for being here. Ill turn to you first were looking at the major averages dow is about 70 points from 28,000 what do you make of the markets in the here and now . Are you surprised we are where we are in. Yeah. Im very surprised, actually why so . Well, if you sort of look ate it, gdp growth is slowing down youve got issues sort of everywhere youre turning. And yet the market keeps hitting new highs. I think thats its great if youre an Equity Investor for what we do we need sort of the market and gdp to be around 1 to 2 . I think what we do, its great i think on the equity side, its going to be a tough year for the next year. You do . Why so because of g
But the bond proxies are back and they are big, the car sector an similar stories like that are selling off. German tenyear yields catching more of a bid. Something i want to highlight this afternoon is we are seeing emergingmarket currencies being sold off, including the russian ruble and the south korean south american rant. South african rand. For a bloomberg scoop, sources saying Chinese Stateowned entities are in talks to invest 5 billion to 10 billion in aramcos ipo. This comes as saudi arabia seeks commitment from friendlier governments to shore up the sale. We are joined now by our bloomberg reporter. How much is this impacting u. S. Markets and analyst today who might be interested in the ongoing deal . We knew this was going to get attention from a lot of the big sovereign wealth funds, they were going to be the folks to put their money behind it. This is a huge deal for china. Most people want to wait to see what kind of dividends saudi aramco is going to have. They have com
[laughter] maria big show this morning on deck this morning, ohio congressman and member of the house intel and ways and Means Committee member brad is here on yesterdays hearing, darrell issa joining us on new run fur the house, Intel Committee devin nunes on the whistleblower come print and Philadelphia Federal Reserve complaint patrick harper, on Economic Data, backdrop on the economy, we will talk about rates as well, dont miss a moment of it. Top story this hour, whistleblower hearing, Joseph Mcguire sealed question from lawmakers yesterday, intel chief showing some support for whistleblower also had warning for democrats Going Forward, watch. Theres an allegation of a coverup, im sure an investigation and before this committee might disprove that right now all we have is allegation from secondhand from a whistleblower. Maria now weve got the media, New York Times say they know who it is but the republicans want to know who is the whistleblower, maybe hes from the cia, whats your