Welcome to new york, in new york , filling in for katie greifeld. We are looking at an smp back on the rise in the second day of gains and. 7 rise in the s p 500 and further gains in the tech heavy industries in the nasdaq 100 and Sox Semiconductor index flying. That is bringing it on track for a second week of gains with the rebound. The two year yield is only down about one basis point for. 53. We started the week above 4. 60 and last week above 4. 71. Some serious cooling and a bid that remained into the powell testimony. We will talk about the ecb leaving rates on hold for a fourth straight meeting. Traders are boosting their bets for a june rate cut as president Christine Lagarde spoke. Pres. Lagarde inflation is continuing this downward trend and continuing to decline to our target as labor costs marked moderate and supply bottlenecks and the reopening of the economy after the pandemic faded. Sonali now joining us for more is a la sondra. When you look at the pressures and the ex
We will come to order. The tears authorized to had to recess at any time. This is the Federal Reserves that are annual monetary report. Without objection, all members have five days in to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. I will note at the outset, we have a hard stop at 1 00 p. M. I see chairman powell smile. Thats three hours. I will know regnize myself for the opening statement. In june of 2023, the conversation in washingtons coation shifted significantly. Not because of the lectionary fire has been extinguished. From the most recent data available, food cost is up 21 as President Biden took office. Energy costs are up more shelter costs are of more than 19 and you will pay 37 more for a dozen eggs in today. As we said in january, people are still paying more for the basics of life and the prices they are paying are still high. And they arent happy about it, as you know, it is our colleagues know. But according to the Biden Administration, they should be thri
Decliner with points and percentages this morning. Those futures are off 117 points. Take a look at treasury yields. They were higher yesterday, but you are seeing a pullback this morning. The tenyear yield below 4. 18 . The twoyear yield at 4. 58. Joe mentioned that bitcoin continues to climb. It is down by 1 . 6 6 6 66,834. We are watching the price of gold futures. Gold hitting the record high close yesterday. That april contract jumped at 2,131. Despite the high, it is still below the inflation adjusted high of 3,200 which hit back in 1980. Alltime high. For gold. Yeah. You know, with inflation slowing, but money printing, less likely with no cuts maybe coming this year. Potentially. Or three later in the year. Yeah. Looming behind all that and were adding 1 trillion to our debt every 100 days. I read that the other day. Thats still climbing. Theres no relief in sight for that. Bitcoin as you keep talking about the halving in the next two months. I was reading something yesterday t
32 95 cents, plus shipping and handling. Every purchase supports our nonprofit operation. Scan the code on the right or go to cspanshop. Org to preorder your copy today for delivery this spring. I9 and now, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell testifying on the fed semiannual Monetary Policy report before the House Financial Services committee. He says that Economic Activity expanded at a strong pace over the past year with inflation lowering, unemployment and the u. S. Economy performing better than other countries. He also touched on the status of Interest Rates. This is about three hours. We will come to order. The tears authorized to had to recess at any time. This is the Federal Reserves that are annual monetary report. Without objection, all members have five days in which to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in record. I will note at the outset, we have a hard stop at 1 00 p. M. To the observed. I see chairman powell smile. Thats three hours. I will know recognize myself
We will come to order. The tears authorized to had to recess at any time. This is the Federal Reserves that are monetary report. Without objection, all members have five days in ich to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. I will note at the outset, we ve a hardobserved. I see chairman powell smile. Thats three hours. I will know recognize myself for the opening statement. In june of 2023, the conversation in washingtons concerning inflation shifted significantly. Not because of the lectionary fire has been extinguished. From the most recent data available, food cost is up 21 as President Biden took office. Energy costs are up more than 32 . Shelter costs are of more than 19 and you will pay 37 more for a dozen eggs in america today. As we said in january, people are still paying more for the basics of life and the prices they are paying are still high. And they arent happy about it, as you know, it is our colleagues know. But according to the Biden Administration, t