Edward. Reporter going on right now is that the statement in the rose garden between the president of mexico and the president of the United States, president donald trump. The two World Leaders finishing that up. They will have a signing ceremony after that to celebrate this the mexican president known to be longwinded. He is speaking at the moment. President trump touting the trade agreement as a huge win for the two countries. The administration saying it would add 600,000 jobs over the next five years. Andres Manuel Obrador you see there, sees the trip to reiterate importance of the trade agreement and strengthen cooperation with the pandemic. It is his First International trip as president of mexico. He flew her commercial, an wore a mask, testing negative for the virus yesterday. President donald trump rolling out the red carpet. In addition to a signing ceremony, formal dinner. Mexico invited the fifth richest person in the world among others, carlos slim, who owns a number abou
Jerome powells chairman testimony tomorrow what he will tell the House Financial Services committee. Just released a more upbeat tone than he was in his last appearance before congress. He is going to say the Second Quarter gdp is largest drop in history. The coronavirus was met with swift action, swift and Decisive Action by both congress and the Federal Reserve. He will say because of that action he believes longterm damage to the economy may have been limited. Now powell welcomes a bounceback in Economic Activity he has been seeing. He says though the path forward remains uncertainty and a full recovery will be unlikely until people feel confident that the coronavirus has been contained and it is safe to go outside. Now he says Interest Rates will remain near zero until they are confident the Federal Reserve is confident that the economy has recovered. He says, the Federal Reserve will use their full range of tools in order to support the economy. Were looking at low Interest Rates
But did bern knee pull biden too far to the left . Well react. It is monday march 16th. Fbn am starts right now. Cheryl here we go, welcome to fbn am and good morning everyone. Im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning to you at home youre like lie watch withing from home not the gym not work this morning thank you for joining us im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look after feds dramatic move late yesterday. They cut rates, and they agreed to 700 billion in bonds purchases e mostly treasure reis. Some of those mortgage back securities were limitedded down overnooght for the s p and nasdaq right now dow down and s p down 128 and half nasdaq is is down 3. 59. 75 and cannot go below 5 and remember, though, folks dow had biggest one day surge since 2008. This is volatility. Lauren take a look at the ten year treasury how pan pick investors are really down, 7 . Cheryl on fed moves we saw oil go briefly below 30 a barrel overnite right now were at 30. 10. But thats selloff 5 for oil this i