Jobs Report Preview (Can the Market Look Past 20 Million Job Losses)?
What’s in Today’s Report:
- Jobs Report Preview (Could the Market Look Past 20 Million Job Losses?)
- Why Are Treasury Yields Rising?
- EIA Analysis and Oil Update
Futures are sharply higher thanks to better than expected Chinese export data.
Chinese exports rose 3.5% vs. (E) -11%, sparking hope that their economy is quickly getting back to “normal.”
But, in reality, data was more mixed than good as Chinese service PMIs remained weak (44.4) while German Industrial Production missed estimates –9.2% vs. (E) -6.4%. Additionally, the better than expected Chinese export data was due in part to a surge in medical supply exports, something that’s hopefully not needed for much longer.
Today focus will be on Jobless Claims (E: 2.991MM) and has been the case for the past few weeks, continued declines from the previous week will give the market hope that the economic “worst” is behind us.
Finally, there are multiple Fed speakers today including Bostic (8:30 a.m. ET), Kashkari (12:00 p.m. ET) and Harker (E: 4:00 p.m. ET), but none of them should move markets.
