Lets break it down with mike mckee. Is a it is michael it little bit odd. On the headline, 100. 9 is lower than it was in the month of august or september, rather, when it was 101. 8. You would expect that maybe the present situation would be causing people concern because of the coming closures of some businesses as covid cases spike but the number comes in at 98. 9 at up from 104. 6, up from 98. 9. Turnabouting quite a in the way people are looking at the economy. The interesting thing here is this bemay see is reasonably good news for donald trump because if you are looking at the economy, stupid, as the old saying goes, you are looking at the economy as it is right now, and the economy as it is right now is better. The employment number is something Everyone Wants to look at in the set up to next week. Jobs number is an improvement, so those who think we are going to have a dismal jobs report next week might be in for a surprise, at least according to the underlying Consumer Sentim
Of that in about an hour. Apple is sometimes seen as a proxy on consumer spending, entertainment, computer, mass mutual fund reflecting how we all feel and our appetite to buy stuff. Some of this stuff were told could be very, very pricey. Depending how it all lays out, when tim cook makes the announcement, well have a good idea how much americans are willing to fork over if it gets you know, pricey. But again this is not really been a problem for apple in the past, as you have been hearing here. It is the most widelyheld stock on the entire planet. Just amazing. But, all eyes on amy barrett in washington right now, the judiciary committee, taking up her confirmation process to get on the Supreme Court as an associate justice but not without a lot of talking. Not so much on her part, on the questioners part. There are 22 senators, 12 republicans, 10 democrats who have been allocated 30 minutes to ask their questions. That works out to about 11 hours of questions and at the pace theyre
Today, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said he will take any nominee to the senate floor for a vote. First, i will talk about the markets moves of the day. Abigail doolittle is with us from new york. Abigail a volatile one. You cant go a day without massive swings in the u. S. Sharply lower. The nasdaq at the lows, down 2. 4 . The s p 500, down 3 . At the end of the day, the nasdaq 100, what a turnaround. Led by the mecca cap faang index. The tech index for the s p 500 up about the same amount. In the morning, it did seem like there were some buyers looking. Apple, up 3 . You saw that stock leading another mega cap higher. Confidence as the day went on. Bonds did not rally all that much. The yen was flat. It was not really risk off this morning as a result. Very interesting, one reason to think that they be the buying think that maybe the buying will continue. Ign, all thesecus stocks started out the day lower. Big gains for those stocks. On thers wanting in stocks up huge amoun
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
Response efforts have not instilled much confidence either. Testing kits were notg probaby sent to the hospitals, and medical labs around the country, political personnel has overruled the recommendations for the cdc. In the administration was slow to appoint any single official for the Public Health expertise to coordinated our governments response. Even now, President Trump seems to be spending one of us time blaming commedia and blaming the democrats and being constructi constructive. Infective blades everyone. He is downplaying, the virus to a dangerous degree. His chief of staff amazingly said to americans, turn off your televisions. They know the history of how these viruses spread and work. Winnie to deny them, you dont let people know what is happening and what to do about it. Things getd worse. And if the president , being self centered as is only cares about himself and his image any tribes uas usual instead of solving te problem, blame somebody else. The deflection and finge