Data before making any rush to judgment. Selfproclaimed venezuelan leader has won the support of most of europe as the u. S. Led campaign to out Nicolas Maduro accelerate. The European Union failed to offer its backing. Trading of venezuelan debt has come to a standstill. Stopped trading the note and debt after the treasury issued instructions, banning most transactions. The aussie dollar sliding today, a trade balance more than expected. 3. 7 billion, 1. 5 billion more than forecast. More signs that the economy is slowing. Retail sales in december fell 4 10 of 1 , comparing to the forecast of flat sales growth in november. It is a holiday. Quiet day across the region with many major markets closed for the Lunar New Year celebrations, including south korea and singapore. Mainland hong kong and china are shut down but lets take a look at the markets trading today. Truncated session. Japanese markets, nikkei receiving a little bit. Hanging onto gains at a quarter of 1 . We are seeing gai
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The understanding is that whatever can get 60 votes would probably pass in the house as long as it is put on the floor by the republican majority. Mistake, the senators would rather be back home. Some of them and some of the reporters. [laughter] President Trump would probably rather be at maralago. The president was expected to sign the resolution that was passed on wednesday. The fact that we are having this fight shows how important this issue still is to President Trump space. Senators mcconnell and schumer, they get some big credit for the heavy lifting on this. I would not give them credit just yet. If they can come to a compromise, this is the way the system is designed to work. It is supposed to be contentious and there is supposed to be giveandtake of ideas. Ideally that would happen at the end of the fiscal year and not six and a half hours before the fiscal deadline runs out. The political component of this cannot be ignored. In theek, the president oval with senators schume