Of an effect we might have had. Narrator correspondent, james jacoby takes a hard look at the man who wanted to connect the world. Jacoby is he not recognizing the importance of his platform . He didnt understand what he had built. Narrator but is he accountable for helping divide it . There is something wrong systemically with the facebook algorithms. In effect polarization was the key to the model. Narrator tonight on frontline the facebook dilemma. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At ford foundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journ
Written materials. You are the ema offices that required for all meetings. I expect all members to wear a mask expect when speaking. I recognize myself for an opening statement. More than a year ago, this subcommittee launched an investigation into Digital Markets. The twoives b have been to document problems and since then, weve received millions as well as conducting hundreds of hours of interviews. There were experts here, the subcommittees Ranking Member. We work closely with all members who have taken this work seriously and study the issues. This is the most bipartisan effort ive been involved with. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine the dominance of amaz amazon, apple, facebook and google. Amazon runs the Largest Online marketplace in america, c capturing 70 of all online marketplace sales. It operates across a vast array of businesses from cloud compute i ing. Apple is a provider of smart phones with more than 100 million in the United States alone. Services include fi
Bloomberg surveillance. We welcome all of you. Markets on the move. Price upcoming yields down. With that away important claims number. Jonathan just a sense of risk aversion. Everything you expect playing out. Ive said it before, i will say it again. For most people come of the gdp numbers are for the economic historians. The payroll claims, the jobless claims are for the traders. Intothe high data folds the ugly gdp report. What do you see within your reading of the linkage of the American Economy into your bond market . Lisa that is what i am struggling with right now. I was looking at the yields, the rate that these companies are charged to borrow money. The yield is almost near a record low at about 0. 5 away. What is the message from that . Economically, how do you connect that to anything going on with the jobless claims, other than just what the fed is doing to stimulate growth . Tom jon ferro, answer the question. How can you have a default dynamic that we have right now . We
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
Taken by the Federal Reserve the path depends of course on the virus it societies the crisis will weigh heavily in the medium term and poses keshl risk, very much a carbon copy, just a couple additions here and from the year, there was one other change that i will tell you about. It was that the path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus. Kelly . We appreciate it. Were going to welcome in our fed panel. Mona hodges, david kelly and jim carron its great to have you all here. Ill go to you, dave, for what you think are the most important messages as we watch the markets so far showing little change from where we saw before the decision came out. Really whats happened since their june meeting is we have seen a surprisingly strong bounce, but then the viruses come back, and that resurgence is what theyre saying is this is not over we know its very uncertainty. The economy has a lot of recovery to do yet, and theyre going to remain very dovish while the pandemi