Starts to fray. We will speak to the governments key Economic Advisor at 8 30 gmt. We are less than 30 minutes away from the start of european cash trading. Futures are up and running. It is likely we will see a positive start, but we are looking at the fair value calculations a little later on. Lets take that and put it into context. Gmm, as ever, good context. The consumerof staple stocks doing well, chi as market up by 1. 56 overnight. London had a good day friday. We see the brexit story there, but nevertheless, it was interesting to see how the pound traded through. The s p, surging on the back of that jobs data. Keep an eye on the aussi dollar story. That is fascinating as we watch economic developments down under, and whether we will get a rate hike or not. Check out this data on gold. I put this up your because of what is happening with bitcoin. Lets look at what is happening across the gmm. Here we go. Gold, up by. 1 . The cftc data shows a huge pickup in shorts on gold. I put
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Have five legislative days in which to submit material to the chair for inclusion in the record. This series hearing is entitled evaluating the effectiveness of us section programs and i recognize myself for a opening statement. Im pleased to welcome our colleagues and witnesses to the subcommittee hearing on us sanctions. From iran to north korea to russia and venezuela got sanctions are used as the instrument in our foreignpolicy toolkits and Congress Must ensure that they be held accountable for results. This hearing will examine major Sanction Program as we seek to evaluate their effectiveness. Let me highlight three points that may provide context. First, sanctions are key to bringing about behavioral change abroad and in this committee its designed accordingly. That means calibrating sanctions and the sanctions relief based on specific and achievable actions we wish to see from a foreign actor. Tailoring sanctions in this way is especially important for secondary sanctions given
It is engaraved on the side of this gun. Sundays at 2 00 p. M. On cspan3 working as we explore america. Coming up next, a look at the effectiveness against countries like iran and north korea. Its about 90 minutes. Committee will come to order. All members will have five legislative days to submit materials for inclusion into the record. This is entitled evaluating the effectiveness of programs. I am pleased to welcome our colleagues to the hearing on u. S. Sanctions. From iran to north korea to russia and venezuela sanctions are used in our Foreign Policy tool kit. Congress must ensure they be held accountable for result. It may provide context for this discussion. Sap sanctions are key. They should be designed accordingly. That means calibrating sanctions relief based on achievable actions we wish to see from a foreign actor. Tailoring sanctions is important for secondary sanctions given how banking restrictions have less predictable effects. They reported and the full house overwe o