Indonesia as well has been the laggard when it comes to its performance against the dollar. That is also seeing some decent gains. We are up 4. 5 . Yesterday, we saw a stunning rally, jumping the most in 20 years. May just be a technical rebound given how extreme the drop had been before. Brent and crude, we are still seeing some decent gains. We could be in a freefall given the shutdowns we have seen across the globe. Australia. Hing the only laggard today, down about 1. 5 . Still has been a stunning rebound. E. M. Having a good run. Jay powell has been reassuring americans the fed still has plenty of tools and plenty of tools to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus. He is urging the house to pass the 2 trillion stimulus package. Kathleen hays is here with what happened today and what happens next. Is the stimulus package a one and done deal . It looks like it is going to pass. The Senate Passed it 960. The first vote was 4747. Finally, after days of backandforth, democrats
Process. They spoke at an event hosted by the committee for a responsible federal budget. So, this sounds really loud to me. Does it sound okay to people . Yeah . Hello everybody. Im maya mcginnis. I run the committee for responsible budget. Im pleased you joined us for our forum. Many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a Bipartisan Organization focused on fiscal responsibility. And if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest its ever been when the economy is this strong its a really important issue to focus on right now. Im smiling so i dont cry. I was thinking i look really happy. Its a troubling time for fiscal policy. Theres no question about that. Let me just tell you quickly about two projects that we are doing before i kick off our really great panels and speakers for this afternoon. The first project were doin
Proposal. As well as Economic Growth and the impact of the tax cuts and job that jobs act. Jobs act. Todaym pleased to be here to discuss the budget. Trumps Economic Freedom agenda is working. Reform andegulatory trade deals are improving the lives of hardworking americans. Unemployment remains historically low. And it is at or near alltime lows for africanamericans, hispanic americans, and veterans. The Unemployment Rate for women reached its lowest point in 70 years. Before President Trump came into Office Experts were predicting that we would grow by 14,000 jobs for month per month. We averaged 175,000. Wages for unsupervised workers in 2019. 3 which meant that roy wages rose faster for workers than it did for their bosses. Last months Labor Participation rate prime age adults reached 83. 1 . An 11 year high. American families are earning more each year, thanks to the tax cuts and jobs act, paying significantly lower taxes. They also have more Career Opportunities than ever before.
Does rbc have to say about the sell off and jp morgan is boosting the annual fee for one of its most popular credit cards. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Stock futures pointing to more gains at the opening bell following yesterdays turn around the s p around record levels as well it did set record interaday highs. Up another 18 points implied today. The dow up by 153 and 60 for the nasdaq looking at the bond market yields are rising off of the lows we saw in the wake of general Qassem Soleimanis killing. 1. 874 twoyear 1. 58 as well going worldwide. After seeing a rebound innizia you can see a lot of green on the screen nikkei in japan up almost 2. 5 nearly 1 gains for the composite index as well. Lets spin that over to what is happening in early european trading. I dont see any red on there up 1 . Same for the ftse in the uk and for the dax in germany oil sinking 5 as tensions cool off for now. Crude oil for u. S. Based benchmark, wti up one qu
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th