Welcome to the second day of the policy conference. Im the ahead of inflation, oddities research and fidelity in boston and today we have the pleasure of hearing the latest views from the 13th president of the World Bank Group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomic Research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. When i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. With that, the floor is yours. Im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the National Association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the Senate Budget committee and the joint Economic Committee select switched on to be back and see some
The World Bank Group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomic Research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. When i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. With that, the floor is yours. Im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the National Association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the Senate Budget committee and the joint Economic Committee select switched on to be back and see some old friends. The 1980s was an important time for u. S. Growth but like today, the years presented challenges for growth especially for the developing countries theres quite a few topics today but the one id
Nevada caucus. Amy senator Bernie Sanders scores a decisive victory saturday in the Nevada Democratic president ial caucuses, riding a wave of support from latinx voters who strengthened his status as front runner. Well get response from Erika Andiola with raices action and New York University professor Cristina Beltran. Then senator sanders has rocked ideological revolution that leaves out most dememocrats. Not to mention most americans. A socialist or plutocrat. Im a democrat. Amy we will host a debate on Bernie Sanders and democratic socialism with two economist, nobel prizewinning economist New York Times oped columnist paul krugman and Richard Wolff, social economist. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Bernie sanders won the nevada caucuses by a landslide, earning just over 47 of the vote with 88 of precincts reporting. He more than doubled joe bidens vote count, who came in second at 21 . Pete butt
Japanese yen is a safe haven. I must say actually, the japanese yen is up than u. S. Dollar and is holding up. Oil is definitely on a buy. Wti, to give us a sense of the volume. Brent crude is saving four times its volume and w. T. I. Is trading six or seven times. The markets are definitely moving with this geopolitical news overnight. Its time for the Global Exchange from around the world. From london to istanbul to prints on, new jersey and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We begin with tensions in the iddle east where one of irans most powerful general killed. The u. S. Active International Terrorism targeting and assassinating is extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation. The u. S. Bears responsibility for all consequences of its ogue ven chur churism. Mark, what is the reaction . Ive seen some demonstrations already in iran. Yes. There have been protests in iran which is the city where he was born. The key thing to remember abo
Some have moderated a little. We trade at 68 59. Gold went above 1600 an ounce. We come off the high a ten year yield did get to a 170 breaking a trend line that weve been in since september but now down to two basis points on a 180 handle on that. Looking at dollar yen though that comes off a little bit. Unchanged there on that currency pay. European equities in the red but a reasonably muted move also what were seeing in u. S. Future. One point we saw it drop as much as 1. 7 but we recouped ome of those losses. This morning we begin with the retaliation from iran against the u. S. For the killing of its top general. The nation firing a series of missiles at Iraqi Air Bases Housing u. S. Troops. The escalation coming hours after President Trump says the u. S. Was totally prepared for an attack. Irans foreign minister saying tehrans is retaliation. It adds it isnt looking for war but will defend itself. Also this morning shortly after takeoff a boeing 737 bound for ukraine crashing in