this conference scheduled for october 23rd. the ones you are seeing on screen jp morgan jamie dimon, ford executive. uber blackstone, black rock, hsbc. only the faces that could fit on this screen right now. many more have pulled out of this event. there are some big names that are still attending. you have the imf christine lagard who going in. u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin who did say that the relations with saudi arabia are good and that they are a good partner to the united states. however, had you senator republican of arizona jeff flake comments on this and he tweeted out and i quote: secretary mnuchin should not be going to riyadh. many people weighing in whether people should be attending or not. the saudis today according to the final times have retaliated against one company decided not to go company operated by richard branson. richard branson runs the
mnuchin, already made comments about an america first policy and what that means. wilbur ross is here and it s not an anti-globalization move by the u.s. that the two are not in contradiction. senator bob corker is here, he s just walked past me. everybody is here to try and now understand how the trump administration s economic and trade policy will fit into the wider global economy. and you join me by the name, never mind the hoity toity, these are the decision makers. these are the ceos and chief executives. and in fact, somewhere over there is the managing director of the imf, christine lagard. i m name dropping and listing out these vast group of world
china have hit a brick wall. why and who will take their place as the next hot emerging markets? then andrew sullivan on why he had to wait almost 20 years to get a green card in the united states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery an
states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery and that the euro zone was at the epicenter of potential risks. borrowing costs for countries like spain, italy, and greece are rising again. what is going on? didn t it look like the europeans ha
taxes. secretary geitner says to do that would not only be unfair to seniors and the middle class, he says it would hurt the economy and restrain future job growth. heather? heather: wendell goler reporting live from d.c. thank you. gregg: our nation s looming deficit crisis is sending ripples of concern all around the world and among those expressing deep worries, christine lagard, the new head of the international monday father fund. monetary fund. united states would default but clearly this issue of the debt ceiling as otherwise there would be a hike in interest rates, there would be, you know, a much heavier burden to be borne by all the u.s. taxpayers at the end of the day. it s real nasty consequences, not just for the united states but for the entire global economy because the u.s. is such a big player and does so much for other countries. despite her concerns, she s