Stability. I want to inform all concerned that this meeting will end at 1 00 per the request of the p. M. Secretary. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. So let me welcome back secretary mnuchen. Today, we are here to discuss the Trump Administrations actions that have undermined and not promoted our nations Financial Stability. As i have said many times before, i am very concerned about this administrations actions to eliminate important protections for consumers, investors and our economy. It appears that our banking regulators are following the deregulatory blueprint that the Treasury Department, under secretary mnuchens leadership, has mapped out point by point and rolling back many of the Critical Reforms democrats made to prevent another financial crisis. If these rollbacks continue, there will be grave consequences for Financial Stability in our economy. The 2008 financial crisis was devastating for our nation. 11 million americans lost their hom
Mnuchin testifies about the u. S. Economy. He also talks about Digital Currency and the potential impact of Climate Change. Waters the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled promoting stability, reviewing the administrations deregulatory approach to Financial Stability. I want to inform all concerned that this meeting will end at 1 00 per the request of the p. M. Secretary. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. So let me welcome back secretary mnuchin. Today, we are here to discuss the Trump Administrations actions that have undermined and not promoted our nations Financial Stability. As i have said many times before, i am very concerned about this administrations actions to eliminate important protections for consumers, investors and our economy. It appears that our banking regulators are following the deregulatory blueprint that the Treasury Depar
This is nothing this is something we should work on, and the work on this predated me coming to treasury and this has been a long time, and as i mentioned earlier, we may come back to congress and suggest that you pass legislation. I would ask you, this is not on your 2021 calendar. This should be on your december calendar. I agree. I look forward to working with you. I need to know whether you need legislation. I need to know what you need and we need to make sure that are 2 billion of outstanding debt where people kbts determine what interest is supposed to be paid, and i want to move on because i do chair the asia subcommittee for another week, and we focused on china. China could end up with 1. 5 billion of world bank loans. This is under discussion now. Chinas income has exceeded the level where they should be eligible for these loans and the Chinese Government has enough money to put a million uighurs behind bars and to build a military complex that destabilizes the world so it s
November is the number which remains high in historical comparisons. The consumer is not falling off a cliff and that is important because as we look into 2020, it is the consumer which will be doing the legwork and driving prices. David you are our chief economist. It seems like different data in different directions. The university of Michigan Consumer was high. It seems like it is up and down. Can you get a clear picture of where the u. S. Economy is right now. Tom our view is we are looking at a slow down, but not a meltdown. The key way to look at this is through the lens of the job data. A year ago, even at the beginning of 2019, we were looking at a u. S. Economy creating a solid 200,000 new jobs a month. 2019,e are at the end of the run rate has come down considerably, we are closer to 100,000 than 200,000 now, but that is still enough job creation to keep unemployment at a 50 year low, to keep wage growth at a solid 3 or even higher. With that Unemployment Rate in that pace of
Lawmakers also heard testimony from the head of the housing agency, this hearing is just under three and a half hours. Will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled, the end of Affordable Housing . A review of the Trump Administrations plans to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself, members, today is mr. Mchenrys birthday. [ applause ] if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it until later. Thank you. We all thank you for that, madame chair. Happy birthday. Thank you. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Good morning, today were here to discuss the impact of the Trump Administrations Housing Finance reform plans. We are joined by treasury secretary steven ma shun, ben carson, and mark calabrio welcome. Let me say up front the Trump Administrations housing reform plan would be a disaster for our housing systems. The Trump Adminis