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NYC Vaccine Mandate, Clarida Speech, ADP; GM Earnings - What's Moving Markets

Published 08/04/2021, 06:29 AM
Updated 08/04/2021, 06:36 AM
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By Geoffrey Smith 

Investing.com -- New York City imposes the U.S.'s first vaccine mandate on the general public, while China shuts down more and more transport links and tourism venues to stop its Covid-19 outbreak, hitting oil prices. ADP is due to release its monthly labor market survey and the Fed's thinker-in-chief Richard Clarida will speak on the outlook for monetary policy. CVS, General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) lead the day's earnings roster, while crypto assets are still hurting after Gary Gensler's attack on them on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know in financial markets on Wednesday, 4th August.

1. NYC's vaccine mandate and China's shutdowns

New York City introduced a vaccination mandate for all those looking to use indoor public spaces, the first of its kind in the U.S.   A certificate of vaccination will be needed for all those working in or visiting indoor dining areas, gyms, theaters and concert venues.

“It’s time for people to see vaccination as literally necessary to living a good and full and healthy life,” NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

The move comes a day after the Biden administration intervened to extend a ban on tenant evictions in most counties across the U.S.  It cited the risks of spreading Covid-19, although critics saw it more as an economic measure aimed at protecting low-income families.

In China, meanwhile, the spread of the coronavirus prompted more local shutdowns of public transport, tourism and entertainment venues, adding to concerns of an economic slowdown there.

2. Fed's Clarida to speak; ADP hiring due

Richard Clarida, widely seen as the most influential ‘thought leader’ at the Federal Reserve, will speak on monetary policy at 10 AM ET (1400 GMT), with his comments likely to be scanned for any hint of willingness to start reducing the Fed’s bond purchases before the end of this year.

Before that, payrolls processor ADP will release its monthly data for private-sector hiring in the month through mid-July. The correlation between ADP’s data and the government’s labor market data, which are due on Friday, has weakened during the pandemic, but will still be taken as a rough guide of overall developments. Analysts expect some 695,000 people to have been hired, little changed from last month’s survey.

Elsewhere, final purchasing managers indices for the Eurozone in July were revised down slightly but the composite PMI of 60.2 was still a record high.

3. Stocks set to open mixed; Robinhood's rally and GM earnings eyed

U.S. stocks are set to open mixed later, pulling back only slightly from a record close in the S&P 500.

By 6:15 AM ET, Dow Jones futures were down 12 points, less than 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures were effectively flat from Tuesday’s close. Nasdaq 100 futures edged up by less than 0.1%.

Earnings updates are due from CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG), General Motors, Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and Electronic Arts, among others. EA’s report follows a strong update late on Tuesday from Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), which also announced the departure of a number of executives linked to a gender discrimination scandal.

Oil stocks Occidental (NYSE:OXY) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) may also gather attention after beating expectations with their results on Tuesday, while Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock was up 8% in premarket, extending a retail-driven rally that seemed purely sentiment-driven.

4. Crypto bruised by Gensler salvo

Gary Gensler, the head of the Securities and Exchanges Commission, called on Congress to give him more powers to tackle rampant “fraud, scams and abuse” in cryptocurrency markets.

Gensler said crypto’s chief attraction for many still seemed to be its use in ransomware attacks and other illegal activity. 

Bitcoin weakened further below $40,000 on Gensler’s remarks, dragging other crypto assets down with it. By 6:15 AM ET, it was down 2.5% at $37,745.

5 Oil edges lower as tanker standoff resolved, Chinese worries mount

Oil prices weakened again but held above $70 a barrel, amid growing fears that China’s anti-Covid-19 measures will hit fuel consumption there.

By 6:15 AM ET, U.S. crude futures were down 0.6% at $70.17 a barrel, while Brent futures were down 0.3% at $72.17 a barrel.

The market is slowly pricing in a higher political risk around the return of Iranian oil to the market, highlighted again by the temporary seizure of the Asphalt Princess, a UAE-flagged tanker, in the Gulf of Oman by Iranians. The incident was declared resolved overnight.

The U.S. government publishes its weekly inventories data at 10:30 AM ET, after the American Petroleum Institute estimated on Tuesday that they fell by less than expected.

 

Latest comments

Simple. Get vaccinated and live. Do it for your family. Arrogance and ignorance is deadly.
SEC is evil.
How long until we find out the covid vaccines contain the delta variant? Interesting how the delta spurred up in the vaccinated when vaccination rates are among the highest thus far....
The degree of risk to be taken exceeds the humanitarian importance of the problem to be solved by the experiment. The survival rate of COVID is 99.97. The survival rate of the vaccine is virtually the same thus far; only 99.969% survive the shot. But there are also long lasting injuries from the vaccine like micro blood clotting in the capillaries of the lungs and myocarditis and pericarditis which are being under reported by the CDC.
You probably think we are magnetic.
The experiment does not avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury. Estimated 45-55 thousand death directly related to th vaccine in the US alone according to whistle-blowers inside the CDC.
Administering experimental gene therapy is a crime against humanity according to the The Nuremberg Code of 1947. It is being forced upon humanity by coercion, fraud, deceit, and overreaching of Globalist Totalitarian regimes, i.e. Biden. the UK, the EU, Australia, etc.
Just medicine trying to save your 256mb brain.
That's why people with any sense are getting out of NYC.
All of you crazies on here are why this pandemic is dragging out forever. There is no conspiracy, only you spoiled children.
You mean the Chinese didn't plot our downfall when they released the virus on themselves? Interesting counter point
i mean ask yourself this without their mandates and the media would you even know there was covid ? I didnt think so. Why else blast it on the news 24/7 its so deadly itll be forgotten otherwise….
are you magnetic too?
Even if I have taken the vaccine I would boycott any business who required one.
most definitely. I'd rather stay home forever
Foolish and dangerous to all
the adp indicates America is booming
total tyranny
impossible. its about total control
BTC/crypto started dropping before genslers remarks. he obviously leaked them to somebody like accountants leak earnings
okay no problem
The solution is for people to stay home if they are so scared of getting the CCP-19 virus. Let other people live and work in peace!
really
I want to safe my cino
Yea if u think that the solution then try bringing the people back who died taking the shot because they listen to you
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