Still a dollars story. Bloomberg dollar index looking like the u. S. Dollar is steady in the last 12 hours, but on course for potentially its worse july in a decade. The dollar index is flat essentially. U. S. Dollar, yes, i want to focus on this because 103. 50 is a key line. Modest upside for the u. S. Dollar. Japan downgraded from fitch to negative outlook. But you could see further upside. 103. 50 is a line to watch. In terms of offshore currency in the mainland, or in china, 7. 0 is what we are looking at. The euro is modestly stronger against the u. S. Dollar. Gold and silver and the yield story in the u. S. , gold started to modestly moderate. At. 6 is what we are looking silver also taking a bit of profit. Basiseld story, just 14 points for the twoyear and under 60 for the 10 year. We will see what jay powell says on whether yield control is a discussion they are ready to bring forward for the fed. A look atets have what is going on first word news wise as we look at the u. S.
Hitting the alltime record high on february 12th and the definition of a bear market is 20 lower than the recent highs. The markets tumbling just as President Trump is expected to meet with some of the biggest banking ceos in the world to find out how stable the Financial Market system is and what to do to keep it there. We are still waiting on word but if cameras are allowed in the room we are going to take you there and hear what they all say. This as the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic moves into a new phase, as National Guard troops get set to sweep into the hot zone in new rochelle, new york. And as businesses and colleges close their doors, Microsoft Teams is swinging to their digital defense, with a suite of Software Products to help those working from home or moving to online learning. I know a lot of you were experiencing that or your kids are. Countdown has a lineup of power players to tackle all these topics. Steeple chairman and ceo ron krusz kruszewski on th
Roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. Item 3. Were going to go into closed session. We need a motion to do that and ill ask for Public Comment after that. I move we go into closed session. Moved and seconded. Is there any Public Comment . When we come back into to Public Session ill review the Public Comment rules. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed first item is to report out of closed session. We need a motion. I make a motion. Second. Is there Public Comment . All those in favor say aye. Aye. Rules of Public Comment are the standard rules. Well limit testimony to three minutes on any item people may want to talk about. Please read the rules that are posted with the agenda in case you are not familiar. To start with Public Comment i will recognize mr. Winier. He called me wiener. My apologized. I wish to mention the passing of peter ash, who was the former commissioner on this board. In honor of his memory in the marine core Heritage Museum because of the service in the United Sta
Were going to go into closed session. We need a motion to do that and ill ask for Public Comment after that. I move we go into closed session. Moved and seconded. Is there any Public Comment . When we come back into to Public Session ill review the Public Comment rules. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed first item is to report out of closed session. We need a motion. I make a motion. Second. Is there Public Comment . All those in favor say aye. Aye. Rules of Public Comment are the standard rules. Well limit testimony to three minutes on any item people may want to talk about. Please read the rules that are posted with the agenda in case you are not familiar. To start with Public Comment i will recognize mr. Winier. He called me wiener. My apologized. I wish to mention the passing of peter ash, who was the former commissioner on this board. In honor of his memory in the marine core Heritage Museum because of the service in the United States army. I simply was to mention his memory. I t
Japan hits back with an arrest warrant. Kathleen and the latest results from samsung. Shares remain close to an alltime high. Australian markets have open. Sophie, what is the latest . Seeing oil names with the declines along at the start of trade. Checking in on whats happening with the aussie dollar, looking flat after its biggest drop since august. , this morningline still below the level as we anticipate more policy support from beijing. Gold looking likely to continue. First words get the news from new york. The effect of the bush arsenal shag are being felt halfway around the world. About 12,000 kilometers from sydney. Five have killed at least one for people and up to a billion animals. They are generating their own west or system whether systems that can in turn ignite new blazes. The internal investigation that led to the ouster was never about finding the truth and he wanted to be interviewed himself as part of the probe. Hes promising to name people he said engineered a coup