And with that i will turn it over to linda. Thank you, sandy. We will move right into logistics. Im going to in this helen osman, secretary of communications for the u. S. Catholic conference of bishops, court in getting Media Coverage next month which, of course, is why we are all the. Shes been with usccb since 2007 and has been a major player in bringing the church into the digital and social media age. In 2012 the Catholic Press association honored her with the st. Francis award for personal achievement and were happy to have her with us today. Thank you, linda. I appreciate evolving willing to work with me on Getting Started on time. I have some meetings thats mandatory for me answer of my colleagues to be at, at 10 00. I have a few slides, but i like to give more time for yall to ask questions if thats okay with everyone. I thought i would go over very quickly, but of whats different from previous papal visit. I was in the same role in 2008 when Pope Benedict game. And worked wit
Stimulus, not less. Yvonne glad you could join us. We are hitting a pause button in the trading, after what seemed like a long runup in stocks. We did see the selloff when it comes to equity markets in the u. S. A lot of talk in asia about the fed and centralbank talks. Indonesia coming out later today. We could see centralbank emergence playing through in this part of the region. Kathleen isnt it interesting coming into this year, the whole story was about Central Banks moving in the direction, that they would all be heading toward the exit. Now the Federal Reserve is like, where is everybody . Everyone has their own reasons to hold tight, including the european Central Banks. I should say reasons to stay easy. Yvonne yes, that is certainly the case. We did not get a good lead up for asia. How are things looking in the wall street session thursday . Seems a lot had to do with tech. Kathleen a lot of digestion, people trying to figure out where they stand with the fed and capital marke
David it is shaping up to be a very interesting friday. The stories of north korea. Dollaryen giving at the moment. The moment. T this activity story of cutting ratings in china. Already know. T we basics, the core of the issue is the amount of debt on the chinese economy has outpaced the size of the economy. It might not be the same as back in 2009. To othercompare china developing economies, that should not be at these levels. Downgrade. S haidi are the ratings agencies behind the curve . People who have been watching china has been saying this is a ticking time bomb. At one point we are going to have to deal with this. Just kicking the can down the road instead of the leveraging deleveraging. They getting from the amount of credit being used to drive growth. Not really a happy friday for asian markets. More riskturned a bit off. Trading higher from the session low. Of northr a report korea saying countermeasures may mean an hbomb test. When you look at what is happening with the eur
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Agencies. Night on tom simon how google and facebook use Artificial Intelligence and how it is transforming the work place. Host good morning on this thursday, august the 10th. The military leader of north korea preparing a plan to fire sea in nearo the guam by mid august. They say they could deliver the plan in days. They are waiting for his orders. We headline this morning, will begin with the wall street journal, north korea and u. S. Clash sharpened. Usa today says trump threats could backfire, escalating the war of words and a highstakes miscalculation. And you have the Washington Post, a lack of coordination on north korea, trump threat not formally vetted. Senior officials seek to offer reassurances. Washington times much on gets back up on north korea from tillerson and matus. Mattis. Onwant to get your thoughts the confidence and President Trump and his National Security team on north korea. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can a