Election that may lead on for a while. Jimthan joining us now is karen of morgan stanley. Lets start with that question on the election. So many things we have been told to care about have not ended up mattering. Is the election any different . The election will matter, i just dont know when. Going into the election, there will be some risk that needs to be taken off the table, but when we think about both candidates, what is the main driver for the Economic Policy . The pandemic. Do we get a vaccine, second lockdown. That will be the main driver. If you think about a bride and presidency, you have to see growth coming from the fiscal side, expansion. If it is a trump presidency, probably more from the private side. Either way, both politicians have a plan to generate growth. It is up to the voters to decide which is better. I think both are going to matter. The point that another person brought up earlier, if there is a contested election, thats a problem. Markets can deal with uncert
Fighting for. And Kamala Harris is the Vice President we need now, committed to our institution, brilliant in defending it and witness to the women of this nation our voices will be heard. Our mission is to fight for a future equal to the ideals of our founders, hopes for our children and the sacrifices of our veterans, brave men and women in uniform and their families. We will increase our majority in the house, we will win a democratic majority in the senate, we will elect Kamala Harris Vice President and elect joe biden Vice President president of the United States of america. God bless america. David that was nancy pelosi addressing the convention live. We have already heard from former secretary of state hillary clinton. Still to come, senator Elizabeth Warren and former president barack obama. The big event is the address from the candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris. We will bring you all of that during this hour. With us throughout our coverage, contributors. Lets start w
Least a gradual return based on local conditions starting in may. Now, in michigan, protests are expected today and that states strict stayathome orders are in question. Thats going to be an indicator of public sentiment after weeks of lockdowns. On the international front, china is now very much in the spotlight. Frankly, its a target. The president s cutting funding for the World Health Organization. Mr. Trump says the virus could have been contained in china if the w. H. O. Had been more honest. And senator cotton and congressman gallagher introduce a bill today that would end americas dependence on chinese drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients. The virus is clearly changing the u. S. china relationship and everything else, of course. On the market, it is all about back to work, when, where and how. On hopes of a return to work, the dow has moved up close to the 24,000 level. It had dropped to 18,000 level last month. The dow was up 500 yesterday. Looks like all of that gain will be
Data, the u. S. Saying that beijing underplayed the number of cases and deaths. And we work may take legal action that softbank wants better terms on theirh rescue plan. Haidi . Inflationary pressures or lack thereof from south korea coming through the cps for the month of march. We are seeing a contraction of 0. 2 , better than the contraction we were expecting of 0. 4 . That is a month on month figure for Consumer Price pressures and south korea for the month of march. In atmber on year coming 1 , so a little better than 0. 8 expected, a little softer from the 1 reading in february. Expectingse have been some demand as well as the impact of lower energy costs, lower oil costs, the plunge in oil prices, down an average of almost 50 year on year so far this month. Debtor february february data carried through, and you would expect that to carry through to april as well. That is the south korean numbers. We have been looking at a lower open going into the trading in seoul and tokyo. Let
Though still awaits aprooul from the house of rep sentives. That vote expected tomorrow. Jobless claims surging above 3 million americans, far outpacing the record of 700,000 and also well above what economists were looking for around 1. 5 million unemployment claims and the virus itself remains front and center for wall street as italy reports more than 6,000 new cases, the most in five days, the worldwide total now shy of half a Million People wilfred. All of the sectors of the s p higher up 4. 7 . All higher, but one to keep an eye on is energy it has been the best performing. Its now towards the bottom. Still up by 4 oil prices slipped a lot this afternoon. Theyre down 7 , so well hope that doesnt drag the rest of the market lower weve got a huge lineup of gu guesting coming your way, ceo of General Mills, plus peter orszag whether he thinks the stimulus bill is enough to ease the pleading and well speak with the ceo of hertz about their program the give free rentals to new York Ci