Now in april this year the Federal Reserve bank in new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and more likely to be classified as at risk for distress the nonminority Small Businesses. Further companies are three times likely as Healthy Business to close because of a two month the ppps program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury for distress with responded to the covid19 pandemic. Recent analysis of the color of change in the United States found only one in ten africanamerican owned businesses received the requested funds through the program. I have heard from many a minority owned businesses who did everything right, they did not give a low number or loan in the first round, many minority businesses share the enhancement act was not adequately designed to enhance or assist Small Businesses. Thank you to the partnership of the Financial
About with joe, andrew and becky and the degree to which walmart can post a 74 increase in ecommerce it looks like the big guys won. You basically had them cordoned off as essential services. So many other companies, little companies, medium, small, just couldnt compete this is what happens when you have a survival of the fittest economy. This is darrwin playing out. These numbers are astounding if the stock had not run up every day, i wouldnt know what to do. Add back 60 cents for home depot and before you start selling it thats the costs they said home depot had to keep traffic back they had to hold back traffic because they were trying to do it safely. Walmart had these big stores, they were set, ready, and their dotcom, ever since they bought jet. Com has been amazing they also can do a lot of food these are Great American companies that are on fire the move in walmart is stunning ever since he decided doug mcmillan, who is on squawk tomorrow, decided to creator the earnings in ord
We will receive testimony from the secretary of the check treasury as required under title iv of the cares act congress has appropriated 3 trillion to protect to fight the pandemic and to stabilize the infrastructure of our economic system. A large portion of this funding is from the title iv of the cares act which has significant resources for loans and loan guarantees and other investments from the Federal Reserve with the emergency lending facilities in the states and municipalities and tribes. The title iv provided 454 billion as the infusion into the Stabilization Fund to support the emergency lending facilities that facilitated the qualities to support eligible businesses, states, local governments and tribes. And to be authorized under section 13 and to stabilize those markets but the Federal Reserve announced the establishment of the intent to establish to support the Financial Markets and businesses including some that are supported by the cares act. Last week other members of
Massive local tax increases. Anyone of those alone threatens to make this economic crisis even worse and the combination of all three is almost unthinkable. The bureau of labor statistics just reported that state and local governments laid off nearly one million workers in april. That is almost one million firefighters, police officers, teachers, Emergency Personnel that should be on the front lines of the Public Health crisis but are sidelined instead. Chairman powell, let me start by asking, do you agree that our economy will get worse if state and local governments are forced to lay off even more firefighters, teachers, any and Emergency Personnel . Let me say what we are doing. We have a liquidity facility that is there to address the shortterm liquidity needs that these entities have because of their loss of revenue due to the effects of the pandemic. That is really the tool that we have. I appreciate that. That is not my question. States,ion is if counties, and municipalities con
To this virtual hearing the honorable steven mnuchin, secretary of the department of treasury and the honorable jerome powell, chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. We will receive testimony from the secretary of the treasury and the chairman of the Federal Reserve as required under title iv of the cares act. Congress has appropriated 3 trillion to protect and support americans to fight the pandemic and also to stabilize the infrastructure of our economic system. A large portion of this funding is authorized under title iv of the cares act which provides resources for loans, guarantees, and other investments from treasury and the Federal Reserve 13. 3 emergency Lending Facility and programs in support of eligible businesses, states, municipalities, and tribes. Title iv of the cares act provided 454 billion as an infusion into the Exchange Stabilization fund to support the Federal Reserves emergency lending facilities that facilitate liquidity in the marketpl