Manufacturing in china plunges to the lowest level of records putting more pressure on already battered stocks it is. Good and theres uproar at the french oscars and raven polanskis best director award. After a week of what was called a reduction in violence in afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to americas longest running war president transcending is top diplomat to catarrh for the historic signing and says the Afghan People should embrace the chance of a new future but this is a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible 1st phase. The next step would be for the taliban to actually talk with the government in kabul in order to decide the future of the country there is a summer binge of aid has been speaking exclusively to the taliban spokesman shaheen and he says he hopes the deal will bring stability to afghanistan. It is significant for a our people for our country in the whole region because for 4 of one pe
Order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds independent Monetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about the fed since your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics in upholding the feds independence you should be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to try to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of president obama Congressional Democrats and the Federal Reserve, irresponsible tr
The u. S. And the Afghan Taliban a jew to sign a preliminary deal in a few hours time they could eventually end americas longest running war its a result of 18 months of talks but once its a grade there is still a long way to go the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence that set to include the exchange of 6000. 00 prisoners that deal is being described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan its hoped this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops and leading up to the signing there has been an initial weeklong reduction in violence mostly held although the worst still some attacks. There as a summer binge of aid has spoken exclusively to taliban spokesman so hey shahid he asked him what made this deal convincing given the taliban still carried out attacks in the past week. Course it was a deduction in war lintz as we call it
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements extraneous material and questions for the record subject to length limitation in the rules. We will begin, mr. Secretary. Thank you for meeting with us this morning. Weeks ago we invited you to testify about american policy towards iran, iraq and the use of force. No one doubts that case and solomon was a dangerous terrorist but its important that we look at Foreign Policy in terms of whether it makes american safer and advances our interest. Weeks later we seen attacks, injured more than 100 servicemembers, then then need to move thousands personal back to the region and remnant of our relationship with iraq and the setback in the fight against isis. I ran again pushing headlo
Jury will come to order. Senator brown has been delayed a bit but im going to go ahead because as i think most people realize we had to readjust the time of the hearing to accommodate the fact that both have been called on the floor at 1030. That means senators will really need to stick to their five minutes and even then we may not get through for everyone and i apologize. I will stick around for 15 or 20 minutes into the first boat so we can go as long as we possibly can. I will wave my questions. I wont waive my introductory misstatement and i will start with that right now. Welcome, chairman powell today the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell update the command Monetary Policy development in the state of the us economy. Us economy continues to expand in 2019 exceeding 2 growth for the Third Straight year as the American People enjoyed to the longest continued economic expansion in american history. The labor market is strong with the labor force at an alltime high of 164 millio