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Mark have a look at european equities. The hue is read today. The lefthand column is your equities. Down for a third day in europe. Currencies are falling against the dollar in the second column, mixed fair for bond commodities is. The germands benchmark of roughly two. 8 shy of its record set on april 2015. It makes it 1 it makes it the european gauge thats closest to its record high. The ftse 100 last week hit its record high three of its been one of the big beneficiaries of this global reflation trade post the trump election victory risen by 15 since the trump of victory. The white line is the euro stoxx 50. Blue line is dax. Purple is ftse and the red is the s p 500. Withinso seen as a haven the European Equity space in case of spikes in volatility in the runup to the president ial elections in france and the netherlands according to jeffries and jpmorgan strategists says the global reflation trade still has legs in germany is one of the main beneficiaries. It has the most cyclical
Jeff good evening, everyone, im jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. Congress will vote this week on whether the secretary of Veterans Affairs should get new authority. Some believe he should be stripped of all authority. And this weekend there is increasing pressure on his boss as well. The controversy continues over the long delays at v. A. Hospitals across the country. The v. A. Lead by eric shin schecki says at least three people have died waiting for care, a new report out today says the number is well over 100. And the government has already made millions to settle claims. Mark albert is in washington. Nobody is more outraged about this problem right now major than the president of the united states. White house chief of staff Denis Mcdonough in an interview with Major Garrett on sundays face the nation defended president obamas handling of the v. A. Scandal. Three weeks ago, in the philippines, the president said he had ordered an investigation as soon as he learne