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This coming out of china this morning. The Unemployment Rates surge to 6. 2 in china, and bank of japan is boosting stimulus this morning doubling stocks purchases. They are buy equities at the bank of japan because yield and tenure fall this morning. Were down 18 basis is point on the tenure at. 800 . Over this 200 coronavirus cases now here in america. West virginia, the only state with no known cases. More school ises are closing major restrictions are being put on businesses and travel. The ...

They said several would be limited because of uncertainty the risk of a hard brexit had receded. Overall they said the risk of recession had fallen but they added uncertainties remain, including those posed by the coronavirus. They said, quote, the threat of the coronavirus in addition to its human toll had emerged as a new risk to the Global Growth outlook that warranted close watching you heard other fed officials talk about this since that meeting. Now, also importantly, several fed officials...

Reported there on thursday. H hokkaidos governor says the man who died had preexisting conditions. Translator the patient was more susceptible to respiratory problems compared to healthy people. Officials say two of the 15 new cases are children under ten years of age. The latest cases bring the number of confirmed infections in hokkaido to 54, the most in japan. All elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture will be closed for about a week. Infected people there include students, a te...

Was an 84yearold woman. She didnt have any preexisting conditions. During the news conference, a Health Ministry official was asked whether keeping elderly passengers on the cruise ship increased their risk of getting infected. Heres what he had to say. Translator we believe we handled thehe situationon appropriately. We transferred the two passengers too hospitals as soo as w we learned they hahad a fe. That was before we even had their test resesults. The death toll of people infected with the...

Maria and our top story this hour 2020 democrats facing off on debate stage in charleston, candidates taking aim at frontrubber South Carolina days before South Carolina prime aye and less than a week before super tuesday, Hillary Vaughn with all the highlights, hillary. Good morning, maria, democrats on stage did not pull any punches, mayor Michael Bloomberg fended off attacks over billionaire status as painting status as unelectable and warren as mayor Pete Buttigieg drilled sanders over the m...

Have set new alltime highs today with corporate earnings sending some mixed messages to investors. And the target miss rippling through the market, were seeing some take a hit. Joining us for the full hour, paul hicky, cofounder of the spoke Investment Group do you see any interplay between these big stories that were watching today so i think combined, they play into themes that weve been looking at coming into the year. So the pros and cons of the market heading into 2020 now, were pretty much...

A u. S. Air strike killing an Iranian Military leader in baghdad causing oil prices to spike this morning stocks dropping. Eamon javers has the latest on that from washington reporter good morning, jon now getting red siran and aroun wormd. The supreme leaders saying harsh vengeance awaits criminals behind the killing of Qassem Soleimani, that was outside the baghdad airport. In france, president macron says he discussed the situation with russian president Vladimir Putin and state department in...

Dennis muilenburg, replacing him will be the former chair, technically chair, will step out of chair, become president and ceo, David Calhoun he becomes president and ceo effective january 13th what was the final straw that broke the camels back in large part, the relationship between boeing and the faa which is completely broken down over the last several months. I learned from sources that this morning David Calhoun called the head of the faa, steve dixon it was a short but amicable phone call...

Jinping. The world sector is leading the charge today while industrials lag. Joining us for the hour today is Barbara Duran from bda Capital Partners what a year its been. Were on a run well see how far the momentum can take us. What do you think . Its interesting. If you look back a year, the market was 14. 5 and now were at an 18 pe i think the market can continue. I think youve had positive feedback on whats happening in china. I think with the fed, easing three times when we expected them to...

Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. I am Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt at post nine of the new york stock exchange. Morgan brennan is in simi valley at the Reagan National library we start with jobs numbers, sending stocks surging, near session highs, up 303 on the dow, flirting with 1 gains in the session. Joining us to morning, mike santoli covering the up swing in the best of both worlds. The market was craving a good number, good news is good news no implications for the fed tryi...