Emphasized, and i agree, there is no need to bring down the size of our portfolio in order to tighten Monetary Policy. We have a range of tools that we can use to raise the level of shortterm Interest Rates at the time that the committee deems it appropriate to begin to tighten Monetary Policy conditions. Thats a way off. But we continue to develop tools to make sure that we have an arsenal of tools to be able to, as appropriate, tighten conditions, and not have to do asset sales or manage our portfolio in any way that would be disruptive to financial markets. If i can shift now to the regulatory side of your duties here as chair of the fed, board of governors. Bozal three is supposed to be in effect, is it not in 15, 2015 . I believe so. Adjustments for capital, flexibility, capital liquidity, so to speak. Is that correct . I believe so. Senator crapo mentioned the foreign banks and so forth. Will you as a regulator make sure that the foreign banks comply with their capital standards
With the Federal Reserves quantitative easing policy and prefer to see qe purchases end entirely later this year. By the time the fed stops expanding its Balance Sheet it will hold over 4 trillion in treasury and Mortgage Backed securities. Former chairman bernanke suggested the fed might maintain the size of the Balance Sheet for some time rather than reducing it. This would mean the Balance Sheets to purchase those assets would remain in the Financial System. Rich manned fed president lacker has called these tinder on the books of the banking system. The fed will have to be jij lent to ensure the tools they have identified to manage the winddown are sufficient to prevent market disruptions. These unconventional monetary tools have in my opinion failed to produce the promised benefits. As noted economists recently observed, over the last four years the share of adults working has not increased and gdp has fallen further behind potential as we would have defined it in the fall of 2009.
He has not made it yet, but tonight we do have senator al franken whose question created this gigantic Jeff Sessions controversy. Is it perjury . Well roll the tape of what was said in the house Judiciary Committee. They had a fight. The chairman arguing about what was actually said in the video where al franken asks that question. As if we dont have a record of it, as if we cant all check it. In the hearing senator franken said to the chairman, just check the video. Of course, they dont have video of the hearings, but we have video here. We will complete the Judiciary Committee meeting here tonight with al franken. Earning your senate pension. Yes. Well done, by friend. Tonight, as i say, we will ask senator al franken in attorney general Jeff Sessions perjured himself at a congressional hearing. The new Trump Health Care bill ran into fierce resistance in its first day on capitol hill, but first is donald trump fit to serve as president of the United States . What is the point of wir
With lawrence odonnell. Good evening. We have an open invitation to Jeff Sessions on the program. He has not made it yet, but tonight we do have senator al franken whose question created this gigantic Jeff Sessions controversy. Is it pur perjury . Well roll the tape of what was said in the house Judiciary Committee. They had a fight. The chairman arguing about what was actually said in the video where al franken asks that question. As if we dont have a record of it, as if we cant all check it. In the hearing senator franken said to the chairman, just check the video. Of course, they dont have video of the hearings, but we have video here. We will complete the Judiciary Committee meeting here tonight with al franken. Earning your sete pension. Yes. Well done, by friend. Tonight, as i say, we will ask senator al franken in attorney general Jeff Sessions perjured himself at a congressional hearing. The new Trump Health Care bill ran into fierce resistance in its first day on capitol hill,
The reason why you are seeing vista down that could fall into the tech category as well as an investigation from brazil on friday coming out and looking into that companying. Boeing there is an investigation into that company around a deadly crash that killed around 180 people. Last, but not least lets talk about apple and concerns over apple and the iphone. Have we hit the point of saturation. There was a report coming out today saying that apple reduced orders for three new iphones that it unveiled in september. These are the latest phones and already seeing a reduction in orders. Then you have suppliers that are issuing concerns, too, about future shipments for iphones. And so thats been weighing heavily on the stock. You have analysts across the board that are saying hey, you know what . Its going to be a tough time for apple Going Forward we potentially could see iphone drop. Why is that . Why are we seeing this market downturn . There is not one particular reason but several to f