I do want to talk about the resiliency of american corporations to adapt and adjust , whether it was Johnson Johnson a bit ago, the seven could jillian dollars the seven gajillion dollars at blackrock. Thenow the story, executable excellence we are seeing in the statistics. It is going to be fascinating. Jonathan it might be too early to say the gloom of pandemic is behind us, but it might be time that we talk about the provision build of these banks. The number comes in at 611 million. I think that is the positive out of this Earnings Report this morning. Talkednali basak really about that being a key statistic, and it is better than good. I go back 10 minutes ago, the idea that they suspended share buybacks, and yet theyve got enormous Free Cash Flow available for Dividend Growth and maybe some share repurchase. Granted, youve got the mystery of what commercial real estate is going to do. Jonathan i imagine their Capital Return Program will change drastically in about 12 months time.
Lets get straight to steve liesman. Jay powell testimony before the House Services committee will note improvement in the economy saying Household Spending has recovered three quarters of the decline and say this is in part response to federal spending and higher Unemployment Benefits which is running down he said housing has rebounded and Business Investment showing signs of improvement but overall employment and Business Activity with well below the prepandemic levels an the out light is uncertain. He makes special mention of the feds main Street Lending program, a 600 billion program with a backstop from the troo z treasury hell be speaking tomorrow before the house financial Services Committee with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and this is required testimony about the cares act where they have to quarterly appear before congress and discuss progress with the lending programs. The terminology, highly uncertain, is that different from what the clair has used in the past. This is t
Relationship between the 2 neighbors. Words of hope from one of Martin Luther kings grandchildren as thousands relive the historic march on washington. Chadwick boseman known mostly for his role as the worlds 1st africanamerican superhero the black panther has died. And im Peter Simmons of all the sports news to Major League Baseball teams protest against racial and social injustice by walking off the field before the game can start better and more later this news out side of. Where we. Begin with reports that bella rouge is extending its media cracked the heads of this weekends planned protests against president oleksandr. Some journalists working for foreign media have had their accreditation withdrawn but this comes after a number of them were detained on thursday as they prepared to cover demonstrations in the capital minsk most were later released now the president sabella rhesus repeatedly criticized for media for their coverage in the run up to his disputed reelection this month
It is the end of an era, possibly. Prime minister shinzo abe plans to resign for Health Reasons. He is expected to make an announcement imminently. Jerome powell plans to let inflation and unemployment run there if he can get them in a ship that will likely keep Interest Rates low for years. Tiktok. Battle for walmart joins microsoft making a joint bid for the apps u. S. Asset. Can they fend off oracle . Just under an hour from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets look at futures this morning, even as the nikkei 1. 4 , you know, it had been gaining, the topics and the nikkei had been in the green and both fell. European futures are holding up. We still see green arrows on ftse and dax futures. Take a look at u. S. Futures. Green arrows there as well. Even after alltime highs once again hit yesterday on the s p and the nasdaq and the shinzo abe resignation report pulls down japanese stocks, u. S. Futures holding strong. Atside of japan it remains risk on and to the week. Anna a lot
Airline stocks are popping after the government gave approval to a different way to disinfect surface onz planes american, united, delta, theyre all up 8 or so. S p 500, nasdaq set for a record close. With he have 59 minutes left of trade. Brian, good to have you onboard. Yeah. Good to be here on a day where there seems to be a lot gf news. The markets are powering higher again. We have a long way to go two hours. Coming up, you remember herbalife. They sparked wall streets most epic battles on the Halftime Report it is reinvigorated, more than doubling from the march lows and our interview with the ceo is coming up later on. Were going to be joined by Penny Pritzker and ask her about the democrats economic platform and how a Biden Administration would tackle the coronavirus are your taxes going up . Were going to ask her directly. Right now lets focus in on the big stories that were watching to day mike santoli, as always, watching all the Market Action joining us to talk about the la