Senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Today is a hybrid format. Our witnesses are in this person but members have the option to appear in person or virtually to consider the nominations of dr. Lael brainard to be vice chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. And acting director Sandra Thompson to be director of the federal Housing Finance agency. Its amazing what a difference a year makes. We have today safe and effective vaccines that are saving lives, that are getting people back to work. 207 million americans have fully vaccinated. In 2021 we added 6. 4 million new jobs, more in any year since 1939. Workers are demanding raises. Theyre finally getting them. Theyre changing jobs at record rates because people finally have some options. The past year has illustrated our economy works best when it works for everyone, not just wall street, not just the top 1 . Everyone. Whether you punch a clock or raise children or care for an
Remotely the call in information is scrolling across the screen. You will hear meeting discussion and muted in listening mode only. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, those in person should line up to speak and on the phone dial 3. If you are on the telephone please turn down your tv and listening devices. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways email to myself, alisa. Somera sfgov dot gov. If you submit writern Public Comment it will be forwarded to the commissioners and included as part of the official file. Thank you. Please call the roll. Chan, present. Fielder, present. Preston, present. Singh, present. Williams, present. Madam chair, you have a quorum. Thank you. With that, madam clerk, please call item 2. Item 2 is approval of the lafco minutes from january 19, 2024 regular meeting. I dont see any name on the roster at this moment, so it is great if we can go to Public Comment on this item. If we have individuals in person who
Im Tom Mackenzie in london. These are stories that set the agenda. The bank of japan hikes Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2007 and scraps yield curve control. The yen falls through 150 versus the dollar. Traders cut fed bets as fomc members gather. U. S. Two year fiveyear yields climb to the highest levels this year. Plus, nvidia unveils the successor to its old ai processor. But markets deliver a muted response to the highly anticipated speech. This is hopper. Hopper changed the world. This is blackwell. Tom a new era for the japanese economy. The first hike since 2007, ending of yield curve control, and an ending of etf thats in buying. We have Stephen Engle on the ground in tokyo for all the details and we will cross over momentarily. Lets check in on the markets as we set you up throughout the trading day. The fed starts its own policy meeting with that decision on wednesday and a focus on the dot plots, the focus from the fed officials. European futures up. When it comes
The meeting will come to order. Welcome march 15, 2024 regular meeting of the local Agency Formation commission. Im chair chan joined by vice chair fielder and commissioners preston, williams and singh. Our clerk is alyssa somera i like to thank the staff at sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. Do you have any announcements . Yes, lafco is convening hybrid meetings. Public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first and then take those waiting on the telephone line. If you wish to provide comment remotely the call in information is scrolling across the screen. You will hear meeting discussion and muted in listening mode only. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, those in person should line up to speak and on the phone dial 3. If you are on the telephone please turn down your tv and listening devices. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways email to myself, alisa. Somera sfg
Help. Nvidia is the helper. Its the expediter. Its the cost saver. Nvidia allows you to get it done. Theres just one problem. Its widely misunderstood because on most days it is so hidden under so many partnerships its hard to capture what they do in a spreadsheet. They deliver productivity per share for their clients. Thats whats being bought or taught where i am out west covering the huge nvidia Gpu Technology conference hosted by ceo jensen huang. Now, theres a whole other world back east, the one that produces the summaries like the indices or dow advance 76 points, nasdaq jumped 0. 82 and went out near its closing lies. I didnt like that. Wall street we desperately want nvidia to predict the sales. Give us some metrics to allow us to figure out if its worth 3. 1 trillion or 2. 7 trillion or 1. 8 trillion like alphabet or amazon. Instead of the 2. 2 trillion its worth now. Yeah, we want jensen to tell us how nvidia will cure cancer while beating Climate Change and breaking down pla