Policy i will be monitoring our conversation today by collier and the cofounder vote with the Election Reform Program at the center for justice. So feel free to drop your questions and the chat below. And miller voters than ever were voting early and as we talk about alternatives a lot of people are asking about Going Digital asig well. So i would you even want online voting . Here in Seattle Washington we have a robust mail and Ballot System what that conversation would look like. The appeal is enormous and in theory it has largely been attempted in the country for people is a of the in the polls so convincingly that if we somehow have a robust online Voting System that would drastically increase voter participationld but this country doesnt have really great numbers that would actually show up on election day in the paper so engage. And those in a given election its. And you also need to keep in mind there is a nontrivial amount then effectively use the postal ballot or mail and Ball
Actions taken on pandemic and how money is being spent today. Getting america back to work today, larry kudlow will join me today at 8 30 a. M. Eastern live on the reopening of American Economy and rebound hes expecting and what if any additional stimulus is needed. We will also get into china. Turn into markets this morning. Futures are turning direction this morning. We are expecting weak opening this morning for stock prices, s p futures down 10 and nasdaq futures lower by 12 this after positive news from moderna on vaccine trial help fuel strong rally for stocks. Dow industrials up 911 points yesterday almost 4 . The nasdaq was up 220 points and s p was up 90 all the major indices up 2 and a half and 3 and a half percent. A closer look at the Pandemic Impact on retail this morning, this morning we will get walmart, hem depo who remained open reporting earnings. More stores and malls are reopening even in the face of bankruptcy elsewhere. Who would be held responsible . Attorney gen
At the News Conference today steve. Thanks very much, melissa the Federal Reserve left Interest Rates unchanged at the june meeting but made a major change in the outlook, suggesting maybe a cut ahead, maybe in the next months meeting in july. Effectively ended the policy of patience as it was born, actually signalled where it wouldnt do anything for several months, instead it is now emphasizing uncertainties in the Economic Outlook and, quote, it would act as appropriate in economic expansion. Remember back in march no federal official forecast a rate cut in 2019. Now eight are on board with rate cuts, at least one this year, and seven of those forecast two cuts, and the fed chair saying even though they arent forecasting cuts, well, theyre leaning that way. The number of those that wrote down a flat race pass agree that the case for additional accommodation has strengthened since our may meeting. Uncertainty surrounding the baseline outlook have clearly risen since our last meeting i
Of the Conference League, most likely we need to say goodbye, say goodbye , thank mirchi. Lucheska is put by the fact that at the Prematch Press Conference he tells us that 0 0 on the road gives us such an impression that he actually played at 00 because well , there was no sharpness at all before the missed and after the missed there was minimal such sharpness and well , how about against aris against p of the National Team of greece with such and such a composition, well, half of the players, the good half, are the players of the National Team of ukraine, which is not the last in the world. Well, we are saying that in reality , mirce luchesku has exhausted his potential, at least for dynamo kyiv. Well, again at 78 years old no one is currently working with toplevel teams, teams that play in the eurocups, that claim the championship title, with all due respect to him. Well, if he were conventionally speaking to the consultants, for example, the same igor surkis or grigory surkis, then
Katie welcome to bloomberg markets. Take a look and we are on the back foot, the s p 500 up by. 3 . We are still above 5000 but we will see how long we hold that line area big tech not faring any better, nasdaq currently off by. 7 , a bit of a down drop now that we are through tech earnings. We wanted to take a look at the vix. It is moving higher but that handle not too impressive, training with a 13 handout on the vix but lets get back to earnings and t. J. Maxx. Discount retailer leading Sales Estimates in the Fourth Quarter but being overshadowed. We are joined now by simone foxman. How conservative was the guide . Simone that has been the reaction from citigroup, from bloomberg intelligence. They are looking for comp sales to rise to percent to 3 , both for their first order as well as their fiscal year. Compare that to what they delivered in the Fourth Quarter, comp sales rising 5 . They have been guiding much lower, a bit about expectations. The eating expectations and seeing gr