* Total US rail traffic, down (-11.8%)
* Farm and Food Products ex-grain +2.2%
* Metals (-10.4%)
* Motor Vehicles (-69.5%)
* Petroleum and Petroleum Products (-11.4%)
Rail traffic last week: https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-01-railtraffic-1.pdf
We're taking questions for @ScottGottliebMD tonight on our 7pm special. Please send them to #CNBCPathForward
GOLDMAN: “We left our Q1 GDP forecast unchanged at -9.0% (qoq ar). However, we continue to expect the advance reading on April 29th to register a smaller decline of -6.5%, reflecting incomplete source data and non-response bias.”
... or, 4% toward the low end of the White House's 100k base case.
#UnitedStates Coronavirus Deaths at 4516 Persons https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/coronavirus-deaths
Discussed this last night on @CNBC's 7pm special with @ScottGottliebMD and again within the past hour on @HalftimeReport with @jimcramer and the gang
#BREAKING-- FL Gov. @GovRonDeSantis will be issuing exec. order today for ALL Floridians to stay at home, except for essential activity. "That order will be coming out momentarily...it will be going into effect tomorrow at midnight." @NBCNews
Pleased to have had @MikeSievert join me on his first day as CEO on day one of the newly combined T Mobile and Sprint.
Almost two years after announcing their intent to merge, T-Mobile and Sprint closed the deal and became one today.
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert joined us to discuss.
@CNBC @davidfaber $TMUS
This is just so awesome. EJ and his wife with the assist!
My wife of nearly 38 years—Cheryl Ann— has incredible sewing skills. Has machines and computer programs I don’t understand. Makes lots of adorable outfits for the grandkids. But this is her finest work yet. Her first batch of medical masks with many many many more to come
"Somebody let me come through,
I'll always be there,
As frightened as you,
To help us survive"
Tonight’s ‘Being a-LIVE’ is brought to you by @JoshLamon #JoshSwallowsBroadway .
Join @SimardJennifer (Sarah) @therealsieber (Harry) @Claybourneelder (Andy) on #joshswallowsbroadway live video podcast 9pm (ET) at http://bpn.fm/townhall - #InComesCompany
The over is now down 1200 on the Dow... Take it? @barstoolsports , @stoolpresidente
Today is Census Day! Let's do our civic duty and represent NYC. It's easier than ever to fill out the census, just go to http://www.2020census.gov and do your part. #census2020 #ny14
“It’s why I tell officials in other states, ‘See us today, see yourselves tomorrow.’”
This is the projection that @NYGovCuomo is talking about:
https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
NY was projected at about 10,000 deaths a couple days back.
Forecast is now around 16,000 in state; 93,000 in nation.
I don't want to have people burst out of stocks.. I did think more people survived after on one
Sales of spirits are up 24.9% for the four-weeks ended March 21 — but @inagarten just sparked a run on vodka, Cointreau, Triple sec, cranberry juice cocktail and lime juice. 💕
#CosmopolitanMix
@ScottWapnerCNBC intriguing
Citi's CEO Corbat, on @CNBC:
"I grew up in a family with two Depression-era, World War II, parents. And our pantry was always stocked. .. Maybe, going forward, the pantry is just going to be a lot fuller in a number of homes around the world, as people think about things."
$C
Like any good CEO, @BillGates is thinking two steps ahead -- how to build out capacity to make vaccine .. when we get one.
".. we’ll need to manufacture billions of doses... Private companies can’t take that kind of risk, but the federal government can."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bill-gates-heres-how-to-make-up-for-lost-time-on-covid-19/2020/03/31/ab5c3cf2-738c-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
* $MSFT shares YTD:
down 2.9%
* $ZM shares YTD:
up 103%
honestly skype blew a 3-1 lead to zoom
sadly not the least bit funny and took me 15 minutes i didn't have to prove it wrong.. https://twitter.com/tradelizard/status/1245374105416798213
I have to believe this is an April Fools joke because Canada has wisely banned all get togethers until June https://twitter.com/tradelizard/status/1245372773872041984
A bleak roadmap for the month of April.
#covid19
Peak hospital use in April via UWash model:
4/8: NJ
4/9: MI NY VT
4/10: LA
4/11: DE
4/15: AK CT WA
4/16: DC MA
4/17: CO IL ME NH PA
4/19: IN OH TN
4/20: AL RI
4/21: NV ND
4/22: MS OK
4/23: GA MN NE UT
4/24: NM
4/25: AR
4/26: ID MT
4/27: AZ NC SC WI
4/28: CA KS MD
4/30: IA
"Two of the officials said the report concludes that China’s numbers are fake."
#covid19
Exclusive story: China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/china-concealed-extent-of-virus-outbreak-u-s-intelligence-says via @bpolitics
Jan 22.
April 1.
More companies making a no-layoffs pledge.
$PANW
$CRM
(h/t @AnthonyQuintano)
(cc: @jimcramer)
TD Bank Confirms No Job Losses in 2020 Resulting From COVID-19. Read more: https://go.td.com/2wIk0BP
When you watch the PBS Special about the Spanish Flu the worst single idea to have is a march. It's what almost destroyed Philadelphia. I can't believe how ill-advised this is..Tragic, TRAGIC!
@jimcramer Jim, everybody's at the marches.
DUBAI, April 1 (Reuters) - Blackrock's managing director Amer Bisat said on Wednesday that the world economy could contract by 11% in the first half of 2020 and lose $6 trillion in economic output due to the coronavirus pandemic.
* BLACKROCK MANAGING DIRECTOR SAYS IN FIRST HALF OF 2020 WORLD ECONOMY COULD CONTRACT BY 11%, LOSE $6 TRILLION IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT
(via @reuters)
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wimbledon canceled for 1st time since World War II because of coronavirus pandemic.
#covid19
This man was a legend.
Still is.
Always in our hearts 🙏
Sean Taylor would have been 37 years old today.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - A second inmate at the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana has died from COVID-19, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday.