more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me now is
more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you
current leaders failed to get the vote to advance the legislation despite the president s push and often cited statistic that women earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men make. we re back with mary anastasia o grady and kim strassel. mary, how real is the wage gap and what does it cost? paul, the problem is that the numbers aren t very clear. we re always told there s a comparison of the dollar versus that s true in some sense, correct? what it doesn t take into account, the number of hours worked. what you end up seeing happens is that a lot of women who get into the work force end up having children and when they have children they want more flexible hours and they want part-time work, because they want to raise, have a hand in raising their children, even if they use some child care and this is what distorts this number from 100 to 77 cents. if you look at women in their 20 s who are childless and on
fairness paycheck act. current leaders failed to get the vote to advance the legislation despite the president s push and often cited statistic that women earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men make. we re back with mary anastasia o grady and kim strassel. mary, how real is the wage gap and what does it cost? paul, the problem is that the numbers aren t very clear. we re always told there s a comparison of the dollar versus that s true in some sense, correct? what it doesn t take into account, the number of hours worked. what you end up seeing happens is that a lot of women who get into the work force end up having children and when they have children they want more flexible hours and they want part-time work, because they want to raise, have a hand in raising their children, even if they use some child care and this is what distorts this number from 100 to 77 cents. if you look at women in their 20 s who are childless and on
fairness paycheck act. current leaders failed to get the vote to advance the legislation despite the president s push and often cited statistic that women earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men make. we re back with mary anastasia o grady and kim strassel. mary, how real is the wage gap and what does it cost? paul, the problem is that the numbers aren t very clear. we re always told there s a comparison of the dollar versus that s true in some sense, correct? what it doesn t take into account, the number of hours worked. what you end up seeing happens is that a lot of women who get into the work force end up having children and when they have children they want more flexible hours and they want part-time work, because they want to raise, have a hand in raising their children, even if they use some child care and this is what distorts this number from 100 to 77 cents. if you look at women in their 20 s who are childless and on