The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take
Good Tuesday Morning im Carl Quintanilla with david faber and jim cramer coming to you live from separate locations this morning coming off that 7 rally and futures build as optimism about flattening the curve goes into a second day more talk of another round of congressional stimulus oil up about 2 , as we await the opec plus meeting and exxon slashes capex about 30 . Mnuchin and kudlow on the tape this morning saying the white house looking to reopen the economy as soon as Health Experts give the green light but thats going to be met with skepticism today look, ive got to hand it to them in terms of trying to make it so theres enough money for small and medium sized business to get open. Theyre doing it theres no limit to what theyll give i think the Community Banks, no limit to what theyll lend i really like that the other side though is the customer and weve got to find a way for the customer to feel confident i know i will feel continue if i dent when i see everybody else wearing
Were these demonstrations over the Christmas Period targeted in small pockets or widespread . Dan mostly small pockets. Targeted at shopping malls in particular, looking to hit the retail sector, which has really been battered by six months of protests. We saw clashes at shopping malls. 20 people were injured. There is another rally tonight, in a suburban area of hong kong, and a couple over the weekend, all pointing to the big rally downtown on new years day. Matt what are the plans for that big rally, further protest . How organized is this movement . Dan the Group Organizing the een convening some of the largest rallies we have seen. There are various elements of the protesters. Siderganized side, the that tries to abide by laws, and then the frontline protesters, the ones lighting fires and battling the police, and a sort of work in parallel. On january 1, thats organized by a group that tries to get police permission. That is pending right now. We are likely to hear about 48 hours
Conference calls later this hour fire sale. Sharps at nordstrom down almost 10 today. The traders assess the damage. Plus would you rather . Home depot getting the downgrade after lowes gets the upgrade whether they nailed it or not. In taste you hadnt heard foam is fed day steve leastman lays out the big picture from the fed survey. Wall street expects the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates tomorrow amid growing concern about economic weakness recession fierce and the trade war. 100 of respondents to the cnbc fed survey see the fed cutting rates by afare quarter point after announcing results of the september meeting, nearly all expect another quarter point cut by year end. The problem is that forecast for lower rates come with a reduced outrook for u. S. Growth and increased probltd of recession the schans of a recession in the next 12 months soared to 11year high of 32 of are according to the survey below 20 most of the year forecast growth is forecasted to 2. 2 this year and sin
Weekend. Greece wants the bailout talks to be done by early tomorrow at the latest. The key date to watch, folks, august 20th that is when greece has a repayment due to the ecb. And gloomy data on trait inflation. Investors show that beijing is about to roll out more stimulus. And watching oil. Prices falling for six straight weeks. Oil slightly low again. The latest lundberg survey shows gas prices down 11 cents over the past two weeks. That puts the National Average for a regular gallon of gasoline at 2. 71. Gas down 81 cents a gallon from last year. The dow and oil have gone in the exact same direction so thats why stock investors should care about oil. You know, its interesting because weve talked so much about how this is a huge tax cut for consumers. You just mentioned prices at the pumps down 11 cents at the pump over the last few weeks. You keep wondering when that payoff hits. We know what its done for highpaying jobs but its been less likely to show up in some of the weaker s