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
Good morning welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with yoe kernen and mike santoli. Andrew is off today. Well start things off with the stock futures after some positive vaccine news drove the dow and s p 500 to record highs. Dow giving back some of that ground, down by about 100 point, but remember how far they have marched for the last three weeks. S p is indicated down by about 14 points and then the nasdaq is indicated up by about 12 points. We do have some breaking news from amazon and better that coocoo Bertha Coombs ohas that story they are launching a full Online Pharmacy building on its acquisition of pill pack the new pharmacy is innetwork with major insurers and medicare and patients can pay for their prescription copays with funds from their Health Savings accounts just like they were at any pharmacy and they can confer with pharmacists online or over the phone about their prescriptions. Prime members get free two day shipping, patients who needs meds right away with
A whole bunch of other smart people set lower for longer. That is the message this morning. Futures up 19 but to me, the story is the bond market. As you know, those huge negative and persistent real yields. A range of assets and securities, it is interesting to see dollaryen breakdown. Still, equities are firmer on the day, futures up by 6 10 of 1 . We do this going into a battle down in washington, d. C. As long as it is just about size, we will have an agreement. These negotiations are now about thats great, but that means there is a timeline and i dont believe we have the luxury of a timeline because in the state of ,he economy, the unemployment the economic dynamics dont give you a comfortable august. Dont. Incentive to say we not negotiating until you negotiate. Right now, looks like new market is not picking up on it. There are some real nuances, maybe start off gold. Treasury yields down a basis point. Weve broken out of that sticky range for 0. 58 . The lows very much insight
We will talk the markets, fx, and the dollar, but overwhelming all today is the news on the virus. Our team in brazil out with a terrific article on the pandemic in brazil. Jon, i know it is not equivalent , but it is the same energy about the sunbelt in america. At a pandemic, but it is worsening condition of the virus in the sunbelt. Jonathan youre right to say it is not equivalent because it is not, but it certainly is concerning regardless. For many Market Participants, theyve had confidence there is a higher bar to shutting down these economies once again. That teller into policy makers is beginning to be tested over the next several days. Will it constrain the reopening process . Will it hit his mrs. And consumers hit businesses and consumers . That concern is top of the mind. Tom i know we are within a range, but im sorry, i observed gold really out but your stop out,st and really up against an 1800 price target. Lisa i cannot say for gold, but i will just say, taking a step bac
Im sure shes very nice i dont want to shame anyway and shes innocent in all of the self i believe. They are spreading im not so many young people. Coming up to the legal team for 3 russian athletes accused of doping violations say they hope for a major breakthrough the court of arbitration for sport they claim documents in the case against the medal winning sports stars contain forged signatures details coming up. By their life martin to nationals world view center in moscow my name is kevin owen well welcome to you im here for the next 30 minutes with the latest from the newsroom starting with this the used Border Agency has said its deploying a Rapid Intervention team to reinforce greeces border with turkey weve been talking about this at length last 24 hours without. Thousands of refugees have been gathering brussels has also promised to provide afghans with a 700000000 euro package to help deal with the crisis now this buildup began after turkey said on friday it would no longer pr