April’s jobs report is forecasted to show employers slashed about 21.7 million jobs, nearly erasing a decade of job gains in a single month. This is about 27 times the worst monthly decline during the 2007-2009 recession and about ...
Data from the Federal Reserve states more companies are scared today than 2008. The Fed also writes the level of uncertainty is at a record, vastly eclipsing all other times. Moreover, almost every firm has declared the economy ...
Equities led by oil advanced for a second day. Hopes are rising on progress for the treatment of the disease, the development of a vaccine, and the...
Equities initially fell for a myriad of reasons including escalated rhetoric against China over the corona virus. The President is prodding the nation to reopen for business while...
The economic reality of the coronavirus is now upon us. A large minority are now overtly questioning whether or not the draconian actions that have decimated the economy is worth it based upon...
Equities slumped amid dire economic warnings, more dismal data and corporate results that reflected the coronavirus’s toll on businesses. Oil extended its rebound as gasoline demand is...
Equities advanced on renewed hopes for a drug to fight the virus. The NYT reports the FDA is in talks with Gilead to make the medicine available quickly. Dr. Fauci, head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases stated this morning that...
Before the coronavirus, the US economy was on pace to measure a 3% annualized first quarter growth rate. Analysts are now suggesting 1Q growth to contract by 4.0%. ...
There is a growing number of analysts, politicians and “nonpartisan” reporters beginning to ask is the lockdown a major policy mistake. There have also been several influential epidemiologists stating Covid-19 is about as lethal as a bad ...
What will be this week’s prevailing narrative? The decline in the number of deaths and cases? The extent of the economic calamity via the government mandated shutdown? The prevalence of a “second wave” in states that have decided to partially reopen?...