From Social Security. Nothing else stayed put. Their mortgage payments, their rent, their food, their cost of living all increased, but for them they were stuck. These are the people that have worked all of their lives. I think we have a moral obligation to do so. Id love to hear from our witnesses what they think about that. Nd start with dr. Vindini. It dr. Candy . Dr. Candy i completely agree. I think specifically we talked earlier about many people who people of color in particular, who are in Nursing Homes and black and latino people there in Nursing Homes in which they are. Larger part of the population Nursing Homes are hit harder. Not only are they not receiving the Economic Resource that is they can to maintain their livelihood, they are also facing this epidemic. They are also harming as a result of covid19. For many of these people its a perfect storm. At least they can be economically during this crisis and i think we should be focused on elderly people in so many different
Surgeons as the daily virus death toll drops. We get pmis from across the region throughout the program. Fragile sentiment. Stocks fall amid political sparring between the u. S. And china. President trump promises a conclusive report following allegations the coronavirus began in a wuhan lab. This crisis is different. Warren buffett explains why he has not put his record cap trial to work as companies clamor for liquidity. Futures equity markets, to the downside. Matt miller is with us from berlin. Futures suggest we will see some weakness at the start of trade. Matt absolutely. We are looking at euro stoxx 50 daxres down 3. 5 , as our futures. Ftse futures trading down. 5 . Nonetheless, in the red this morning. If you look at u. S. Futures, you red as well. U. S. Futures down about 1 across s p, dow jones, and nasdaq emini contracts so it does look like we are headed for a riskoff monday to kick off the week. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trade, as i said, and we exp
Media, 20th century performances on radio, records, film, and television recently published by mcfarland. Among his many accomplishments is a grammy award which he received for a double cd and bro book titled lost sounds. 1890 to 1919. Tim will then be joined in a conversation by fellow historian bill dugget. Our program will conclude with tim and bill taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds of your phones, and join me in welcoming historian and author tim brooks. [ applause ] well, thank you. Later on as he mentioned, there will be time for questions. And i hope we have some good ones coming up at the end of this conversation and presentation. But i would like to start with a question for you, the audience. How many people have seen a minstrel show . A live minstrel show. Anybody . Interesting. How many have seen one on film prap . Remember, im talking about a whole minstrel show, not a clip from somewhere, but a full show. Anybody . Okay. If i ha
The board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and doctor christopher, the member of the board of governors in the Federal Reserve system. Welcome and congratulations to each of you for your nominations. I see friends and family in the room today and i welcome them as well. Were fortunate to have these two highly qualified nominees appearing today. These positions are critical to ensuring a safe, sound and vibrant Financial System in the healthy growing economy. The Federal Reserve was created by congress as the nations central bank to promote a stable economy and a safer more flexible Financial System. Among the Federal Reserve responsibility is conducting the nation Monetary Policy with the mandated promoting maximum employment, and moderate longterm Interest Rate. In addition to its Monetary Policy that oversees a significant portion of the sector including large, regional and Community Banks as well as certain nonbanks. It aims to foster a safe and efficient payment and settl
Hello, everyone. Can anyone hear me . Sounds good here awesome. Thank you all for coming out tonight and supporting your local independent and Employee Owned bookstore. [applause] before we begin tonight speaking with Holly Jackson, american radicals, to mention other Great Program it coming up later this week we have romance writer here with boston globe love letters columnists Meredith Goldstein on thursday. Next week on tuesday we are hosting former poet laureate Robert Pinsky along with a few contributors for the new anthology, the mind. Next wednesday where hosting nancy for the atlas of boston history. We have many more events coming up and you can find more information on our website and in the brochures by the registers when to pick up your copy of the book tonight. Tonight were so glad to be hosting Holly Jackson for her new book american radicals how nineteenthcentury counterculture shaped the nation. Book page magazine calls the book magnificent saying this incisive and well