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Squawk on the Street

Stocks' Labor Pains, McDonald's Misses, Lilly's Weight-Loss Gains, Tesla Layoffs Talk 4/30/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On the final trading day of April, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed rate fears weighing on stocks: The Q1 Employment Cost Index came in higher than expected -- ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, which ends Wednesday. The anchors reacted to McDonald's Q1 earnings miss, which was due in part to customers tightening their belts amid price hikes. The earnings barrage included Eli Lilly posting a Q1 beat and raising guidance thanks to demand for its obesity drugs -- and blue chips Coca-Cola and 3M toppingestimates.Also in focus: Reports of more layoffs at Tesla, Walmart closes health clinics, Paramount's uncertain future, Faber Report on the battle for NBA television rights. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Market insight and analysis. You're listening to the opening bell of CnBC, Squawk on the Street.

0:05.8

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk in the Street. I'm Carl Keentineo with Jim Kramer, David Faber, Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange.

0:11.5

Closing out the month of April, first down month since October, and futures are weak as employment costs come in hot ahead of Friday's jobs number, 10-year 4-6-7.

0:20.8

Our roadmap begins with a flood of blue chip earnings to digest.

0:23.5

McDonald's, 3M, Coke, all on the move post results.

0:27.1

Another big name to watch is Eli Lilly.

0:29.1

It is one of the top gainers pre-market on the S&P posting that profit beat hiking

0:33.6

in that full-year guidance by $2 billion.

0:36.9

And Elon Musk is reportedly going, quote, absolutely hardcore around head count and cost

0:41.9

reduction as Tesla plans for more layoffs.

0:45.5

Let's begin with futures moving lower in reaction to this ECI data with the Fed kicking

0:50.0

off its two-day meeting today, Jim.

0:52.0

Four-two year-on-year, maybe a little warm.

1:12.0

Yeah, you know, we just don't have what we want in these numbers, which then allows the Wall Street Journal story this morning, talking about how that Powell feels very good about hire for longer. I still think that March was weak and that you're not going to get a really strong number from April, but housing, you know, shelter that's bad.

1:14.1

But there also is this overall tone.

1:15.4

And we're going to get to a McDonald's.

1:20.2

They did a very good graphic on the one squawk, which shows you how much a burger's going up.

1:25.2

And there's just this belief among people that there's no controlling this thing.

1:27.7

Now, I think actually we do get control,

1:30.7

but when you see that one of the stunning things is when Walmart got rid of 51 clinics

1:32.5

because they can't make any money

1:33.7

because people are too expensive.

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