President is insisting something can be ahead on this and nancy pelosi is pretty much only thing stopping that. We are hearing that nancy pelosi and treasury secretary mnuchin will be having more conversations today on that i dont know where theyre going. It is a program often reminded me but the priorities for that spending. In the meantime, the debate over a facebook and twitter trying to silence those who want to pass along and retweet or recomment on this New York Post story. Now, a Facebook Twitter both are telling folks that look we are not shutting down this story just trying to make it difficult for people to sort of carry it on and pass it along to others there are enough doubts about the story we cant pounce it. And conservatives saying you wouldnt do this if individual or roles were reversed nay. Edwards lawrence following developments us joins us out of washington. Hey, edward. Major backlash and threats from u. S. Republican senators possible regulation over big tech giant
The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more from trump than from powell. It is onesided, for sure. What effect has not had on the fed . What chris got to was, not much of an effe
Joel weber. A solitary figure on the cover this week, chairman jay powell. We often try to take something complicated and simple it down. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps twitter ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more
Businessweeks editorinchief, joel weber. We begin with jay powell. Joel take something complicated and this still it down to its most simple form. Istill it down to its most simple form. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization, and for the first time we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . Right . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now we
Incredible slide for these shares which are down 50 this year. Thats going to take a very long time, a lot longer than people thought this is a broken growth story for sure they do 80 of their business in north america. Thats where the challenges are. Thats not actually surprising nike has had problems with north america. Everybody is having problems with north america, but youve got to the find companies that can have offsets nike does, so under armour, not only do they have north america exposure but they have product issues, right, all the performance stuff. They dont have lifestyle, thats going to take some time its still expensive because numbers keep coming down even though the stock prices come down, numbers are coming down pretty big time what plank said, we look to close out 2017 do not expect these conditions to improve, he said. Visibility is poor. Right, and youre hoping that kevin has thrown in the kitchen sink here. Do you go and buy this stock here absolutely not because