Bullard, a fed governor, who wants a 50 basis point cut in rates in the next fed meeting which is this month. Also helping, treasury yields as of now, not inverted. The dow industrials are going to be up over 200 points, probably erasing all of yesterdays loss. The s p up just short of 1 . The nasdaq up a full 1 . Going up at the opening bell. Now to britain. Boris johnson lost the vote on britain crashing out of the European Union. There may now be a general election and brexit may be delayed until next year. That means a trade deal with america is not coming any time soon. Now this. Winston churchills grandson, a conservative, voted against boris. Hes been expelled from the conservative party which was the party of his grandfather, winston churchill. The chaos continues. This news just breaking. Google has been fined 170 million for illegally collecting information on children, parents were not aware of that collection of information. Separately, a group of state attorneys general wi
Family. Haidi it is very much in focus today after the pboc removed a pillar of support for the currency. Dropping from the daily session. The currency lower on tuesday. Tom, it is not been in place very long. Why have they chosen to remove year, since may of last that is the first element from the mix. It is dollar weakness. Many say it is a line in the sand. They say they oppose the controls. There is a growing confidence now in terms of policymakers here in terms of the trajectory of the one. Comfortable enough to relinquish elements of control. Thats what they have seen. Charthave a terminal showing the placement of this back in may. N strengthen. Ua that is when you saw the dollar ticking up. Versus the u. S. Dollar. We should expect now a little bit more volatility around theyuan now. Is how question really much forward this leads up in terms of a greater market role for the currency. They could widen the trading band. Right now they are allowed to move up 2 or down 2 . They coul
Of the conduct of Monetary Policy and i recognize myself for three minutes. We heard president obama taken economic victory lap but the people are having none of it they are tired of hearing from the out of touch ruling class in washington how good things are when theyre reality is vastly different not listed in the fact or president ial appointee a hope itll follow suit with quantitative easing of the zero interestrate policies working families paychecks have declined. One added six is on food stamps and there hasnt been a single year but one published report that there is no parallel for this since world war ii or the beginning of the republic. So with the lgbt growth for struggling working families. And to condemn the fed decision 25 basis points to make it appropriate to revise the fomc but given that article one of the constitution gives congress the power to coin money and regulate the value. That this set the fed to adopt a policy that is transparent to end a sustainable this is
25 23 . So my question is, has the turmoil in Global Markets changed your view about the appropriate pace of Interest Rate increases and hikes, or will you wait to see how Global Market turmoil affects the u. S. Economy before raising rates again . We are watching very carefully whats happening in Global Financial markets. It would appear that the stresses that we have seen since the turn of the year relate to uncertainties regarding Chinese Exchange rate policy. There are uncertainties around the price of oil. We have not seen shifts in that seem significant enough to drive have driven the sharp moves we have seen in markets. There would seem to be increased fears of Recession Risk that is resulting in rises in risk premia. Weve not yet seen a sharp dropoff in growth, either globally or the United States, but we certainly recognize that Global Market developments bear close watching. As i mentioned that financial conditions have become less supportive to growth, and we recognize that
Points, the s p by nearly 20, and the nasdaq by about 57 points. Also being helped, im sure, by the news from china. What do we think about this . I saw the rally in oil prices on friday. Basically a rumor that you were going to see Something Like this. If its contingent on iran and iraq both playing along with it, that raises all kinds of questions. Seems to be the same caveat weve heard over and over again. Iran has theyve walked back some of their more explicit talk about ramping up production. Still, theyre so eager to get back in the markets. And iraq is desperate too. Lets not forget iran boosted output a month ago by 500,000 barrels a day. If saudi arabia and russia and whoever else want to get together, they need to get iran in the room. And lets not forget that a freeze is not the same as an output cut. If demand grows, then theoretically supplydemand will come back into balance. If demand slows because of china, the freeze leaves the gap where it is. Oil is still under 30 a b