Really, all eyes are on the treasury markets today, where ae 10 year yield is at 11 level we havent seen in a while. There was a bit of a joke this morning when we got the mammoth refunding announcement. Crude oil, down 5 . There was a boost after inventories were lighter. Back downown to now at 2330. Disney, moving today after earnings were not as bad as people maybe anticipated. Up one quarter of 1 , they got a boost of about 4 after earnings. Lets get to taylor riggs now, standing by with a deeper dive into todays action. Taylor folding that into Something Else we are doing on the yield curve steepening, between the twos and attends. And the tens. Some of the stimulus programs we have announced, the treasury this morning announced plans to sell twentyyear bonds, you are seeing a steepening of the yield curve as you expect more supply to come. I want to flip up board and talk about technology. Isney, the tech index positive for the year. Its the only sector in the s p 500 back in the
Archives the focus on the 2008 economic recession, trade and finance. All of the programs that youre about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website, booktv. Org and you can do for the search function at the top of the page. First and february of 2015, the American Enterprise Institute Peter wallace and appears on our Author Interview program afterwards. He argued that government policy caused the 2008 financial crisis. Hidden in plain sight pretty literally caused the world financial crisis and why it could happen again printed you remember the financial crisis. It was investigating the causes and oh seven and oh eight pretty and you said that not only in the democrats on the committee but also from the republicans appointees, what did you see that they did not. Ive been looking at the housing system in the United States printed donna frank ansari, fannie mae and freddie mac. For quite a while before i got in the commission. So i had a lot of background of what is
Lower, carnival down another 26 . Oday as well the 10 year yield at 61 basis points, and tmobile finally completed its merger with sprint in spite ofout. 4 the losses. Lets check in on the bloomberg first word news. Heres mark crumpton. The United Nations General Assembly is considering how to response to the coronavirus pandemic. Not as have been sent to resolutions for consideration. The most widely backed one provides for International Cooperation by sharing information. The other calls for abandoning trade wars and implementing protectionist measures. Because the global body is not holding meetings, the resolution is defeated even if one country objects. Drugs for malaria and certain autoimmune diseases are now on the food and drug administrations shortage list, meaning some patients who take those medications for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other disorders cannot fill their prescriptions. The man served after doctors overseas said they saw signs of the drug could be used to t
Treasury, the efforts to stimulate an economy in free fall jim, you got off a call or an interview it was a call as well with secretary mnuchin what stood out to you . That you shouldnt lay people off. I want to point out i got a correction, he said on Small Business payroll, two weeks, he meant two months two months means you do not lay people off without, i think im not saying its irresponsible but everything is being done to keep businesses open Small Businesses open. David, with the fed, i think theyve taken off to me anything involving credit the secretary talked about anything involving liquidity we cant produce demand. You keep people around for two months, but they wont be able to produce demand. There will still be a burden on Small Business not sure how that will be resolved thats an interesting point jim, we did we were watching the futures, which appeared to be limited down at different points in it the evening last night after japan opened as well then we got a fed announc
Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. A fourth day of green on the screen for asian equities. Donald trump has talked about being in the final throes of coming to a phase one deal. A mixed picture below the surface. We are seeing a weakness in chinese equities, after the biggest drop on industrial profits on record. The u. S. Benchmark hit record. The fx, the aussie is the underperformer in g10. A two rate cut call for the rba. Some poll showed yesterday that the conservatives are narrowing their lead over labour. Oil slightly off on the back inventories. On donald trump says the u. S. Is in the final throes of a trade agreement with china signaling progress on a deal that has been years. Works for two but in a interview with the fox news host, trump said he is holding up the trade deal to ensure better terms for the u. S. Joining us is Patrick Armstrong. We keep hearing records on all u. S. Benchmarks, does it surprise you . Patrick it is a narrative that that is why we are hitting new fe