Fourth positive session, up 2. 7 . Just the banks really are lower in the s p, a few oil companies. Crude oil trading down 6. 8 , back hello 21 a barrel. Back in itsyield range. The vix at 38 and change. Lets get a deeper dive into the markets with abigail doolittle. Abigail you were mentioning the gains in the s p 500, and certainly that is the case, a risk on tone from a stock perspective. Each of the averages is up 2. 5 . The nasdaq 100, make a cap companies, amazon putting in an alltime high, up almost 4 . Interesting, we have bonds higher, even as stocks are rallying, so that is something to keep in mind. Bank earnings were pretty disappointing with profits plunging and loan provisions on the rise. You were talking about how it is cooler today from yesterdays volatility. This is a year today chart at 90,highs, almost closer to when the s p 500 was closer to 2200. At this point, back below 40. It is worth noting, just a few months ago, if you talked about the vix at 40, traders and
Forward with this, wed certainly be looking at that as a characteristic to achieve. Thank you and i think it goes back to resiliency for me. And i know and i think its the concern about resiliency that i had, and we had our discussions here in committee is that if there are concerns about resiliency and its just based on my experience in the private sector when it comes to big data, couldnt you probably address those concerns through the regulatory and Supervisory Authority that already exists in your space were talking about resiliency with the multiple data centers that could be a problem with interoperability do you think resiliency could be something thats a function of what youre doing now and keeping with one faster time Payment System i think im done the gentle woman ms. Pressley is now recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chairman and chairman powell. The Federal Reserve can do more to support the needs of hardworking american families. Working families wait days at a
Term. He talked about a weakening economy, headwinds developing enough to trigger optimism in the Financial Community that he is going to cut rates at the end of this month. Maybe not by a halfpoint a lot of people saw happening, maybe a quarter point, just in the course of his testimony, one of the fascinating things i discovered there was about 60 probability we would see we could see a cut in rates by end of this month. When it came to halfpoint cut down to 16 . But again the expectation is that a cut is coming. He is he is making the case for such a move. He is not telegraphing additional moves. We want to say on this, give you a flavor what is happening here. Democrats on this committee have been pouncing whether he feels pressure from the president of the United States, that he should essentially do his bidding to cut rates. He has said no, he doesnt think the president can fire him. By the way the president cant fire him or demote him. Leaving that aside he stood very strong on
Online at cspan. Org. The subcommittee hearing on Climate Change risk and Management Strategies with regulators from the Federal Reserve and the federal deposit insurance during their testimony, the witnesses discuss the role of government in setting climate goals for companies and the impact of environmental legislation and local politics. This is nearly two hours and 10 minutes. The committee will come to order. Without objection of the chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. This hearing is entitled climate risk are financial regulators politically independent . Without objection all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extremist materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Federal regulators represented here today have coordinated to promulgate principles for managing climaterelated Financial Risks. The guidance and information requested by the regulators aligned with a
This morning on Capitol Hill Bank regulators are testifying on climaterelated Financial Risks and Monetary Policy. They are appearing before the House Financial Services subcommittee. We will have live coverage here on cspan2 when that hearing gets underway. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection of the chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. This hearing is entitled climate risk are financial regulators politically independent . Without objection all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extremist materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Federal regulators represented here today have coordinated to promulgate principles for managing climaterelated Financial Risks. The guidance and information requested by the regulators aligned with a 2021 executive order, efforts promoted by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Chair yellow