Comment for items that arent on the agenda. We ask that you fill out a speaker card and hand them to me and i hand them to the president and the president will call folks in order that we receive them and you have a right to speak anonymously. Well call folks if they like to speak anonymously. With that, well move to item one call to order and roll call. [roll call] theres a quorum. Next item is two 2. This item is for discussion. Good evening and thank you everyone who made it to meeting tonight on commission on the environment. You want to begin by welcoming our newest commissioner, tiffany chu. Commissioner chu is a design and planner and cofounder of the company remix. I was excited. They created a fantastic technology and process for helping cities to figure how how to manage transportation issues. Its wonderful to have her here on the team with us. Did you want to say a couple of words . Commissioner chu im just so pleased to be here. This is my first ever commission that i ever
TheChristine Lagarde says ecb could need fresh stimulus. Shery a quick check of the markets closing, we saw fluctuations in the session. The s p 500 moved higher in the last hour of trading or so, moving to a record high. At one point it fell to session lows after we heard from the cleveland fed president loretta mester, saying she was not ready for cuts yet, which sent markets lower, but Communications Stocks are leading the gains on the s p 500. Volumes were lower, heading into the fourth of july holiday. Wednesday is a shorter trading day as well. The nasdaq finished 0. 2 higher, and u. S. Futures are unchanged at the moment. Lets see how we are setting up for the markets in asia. Kiwi stocks are under fire this morning, and looking at a potential retreat at the start of cash trade in tokyo and sydney. The aussie dollar staying steady this morning, in the wake of the rba rate cut. The governments secondhalf Economic Forecast to consider later today, export data looking shaky and poi
And asking the question, where is larry . Sandberg speaks. The facebook coo weighing in on the cryptocurrency. First, to our top story. Slack is hitting the Public Markets with a direct listing on thursday. We are waiting to see what the Reference Price will be. We could get that at any moment. Will the Software Maker find itself in the beyond meat camp with a sizzling debut, or will it be more like a sizzle like uber and lyft . To discuss, i want to bring in a partner at venture partners. Before that she was the head of product growth that slack. Under her watch slack grew from half a million to almost 6 million. And, a new column out on slack. I will start with you. As a former head of growth, you have a beloved product, but Revenue Growth is slowing down. At this can that be point reaccelerated . Potentialas a lot of in front of it. A generation of people are used to communicating synchronously, using the internet, are coming into the workforce. Emily you think that it could reaccel
Fall to the lowest since late 2015 as Jerome Powell opens the door to a july rate cut but investors ask, will he cut by 50 basis points . Packed, governor kuroda due to speak imminently after keeping policy unchanged this morning. The yen holds it strongest level against the dollar any year. Economists expect the bank of england to strike a hawkish tone but hold steady on rates as the candidates for next Prime Minister are whittled down later today to two. Good morning. Matt we are less than half an hour from the european open and i want to show you a quick chart of gold. Ands a hike in your chart we are at the highest level we have been in half a decade. 4. 70 1340 dollars. When the fed cuts rates, treasuries look less attractive as a competitive asset to gold and that is why you get the lift in the price. Lets look at the futures. We are looking at games. Plea gains. We didnt have massive rallies in u. S. Stocks. He had rallies in bonds around the world. I see green boxes, but we do
Years, along with china and others. Alix and today is the start of the fomc meeting, and hes been putting a lot of pressure on them. What are you guys doing for me and my growth . David it is fascinating that hes really accusing them of being a currency manipulator. Alix we have another headline crossing, saying that they a rate cut as a primary tool for stimulus, outlining what draghi said. What is surprising in that headline is that the rate cutting will be the primary one. David particularly because he mentioned Forward Guidance and the asset purchase program. Now the report is that when they do it, they are going to do it through the rate cuts. Alix to me, the question is how much lower do you want to go . You are already at a 40 basis points. How low do you go, and what does that mean for your tltro, the longterm Borrowing Program . David and ultimately, is that going to get them to do percent get them to 2 . They havent gotten close. Alix our other story is facebook, so staying w