OMAHA (DTN) President-elect Joe Biden on Monday nominated Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as deputy secretary of USDA.
Bronaugh, who holds a doctorate in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University, brings to USDA an extensive career working with Extension programs and has served as a 4-H Extension specialist. If confirmed, Bronaugh would serve as Vilsack’s second in command at USDA in the Biden administration. Bronaugh would also be the first Black woman to serve as USDA deputy secretary.
“She is passionate about the advancement of youth leadership in agriculture,” the Biden transition team stated.
Joe Biden is just hours away from being sworn in as the 46 President of the United States at the Capital in Washington D.C. Under the heaviest security in
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11/24/2020 2:56:19 PM GMT
Outlook: The calendar today includes Sept house prices and the Nov flash Conference Board consumer confidence, along with the Richmond Fed manufacturing survey. There’s not much here to inspire FX trading so everyone will be wondering what the hell happened yesterday. As noted above, the dollar rose sharply on the morning stock market drop that then reversed itself but what caused the stock market drop? The Markit PMI was favorable, especially against the European version. The idea of Yellen at the Treasury should be equity-friendly since her specialty is labor economics, putting her in the same car as Fed chief Powell, who has increasingly leant that way. Powell, by the way, got a glowing report card the New York magazine last week as the only competent bureaucrat in the Trump administration.