Ships are on the rise as a new way to fill the skills gap. Reporter Christopher Paul is a machinist at solar turbine. Its a Critical Role in one of the worlds leading manufacturers of Industrial Gas turbines. But paul isnt a fullfledged employee. Hes an apprentice. Im getting, you know, handson experience with the career that im learning to be a part of. Reporter thats not all. Under Solar Turbines fouryear program, apprentices get paid, trained, and mentored. By the end of the program, all of them get hired. Apprentices arent the only ones benefitting. Company executives say the six year old helps fill a critical need in a competitive marketplace. Its a program and the skill sets it provides does a great job helping us build a pipeline. Reporter an idea thats catching on. Amazon announced its launching an apprenticeship for veterans. Tech Company Sales force already has a robust program. When ceo mark benioff met with President Trump in a Business Roundtable he urged him to create 5 m
Thus far for the three major averages. For the dow, it is since midoctober. Of 109 break that streak sessions without a 1 loss in the s p 500. We have had this lackluster trading action in terms of volatility and movement in volume. It was the lowest Trading Volume of the year yesterday. Volatility taking up and stocks are ticking down. We are seeing a broadbased selloff as well. Only utilities and Consumer Staples are higher. Financials steeply declining today, down 2. 6 . Materials come industrials, tech, discretionary and Energy Falling today. I want to focus on the financials in particular. The flattening of the yield curve is starting to take its toll on the financials large and small. Heres the financials xls down 2. 7 . Down 2. 7 . Evidence of the Regional Bank downdraft. They had been out performer since the election. Re, it look at the k is down 5 . Bank of the ozarks milosevic premier bank ozarks, Pacific Premier bancorp down sharply because they dont have the diversified inc
Thus far for the three major averages. For the dow, it is since midoctober. Of 109 break that streak sessions without a 1 loss in the s p 500. We have had this lackluster trading action in terms of volatility and movement in volume. It was the lowest Trading Volume of the year yesterday. Volatility taking up and stocks are ticking down. We are seeing a broadbased selloff as well. Only utilities and Consumer Staples are higher. Financials steeply declining today, down 2. 6 . Materials come industrials, tech, discretionary and Energy Falling today. I want to focus on the financials in particular. The flattening of the yield curve is starting to take its toll on the financials large and small. Heres the financials xls down 2. 7 . Down 2. 7 . Evidence of the Regional Bank downdraft. They had been out performer since the election. Re, it look at the k is down 5 . Bank of the ozarks milosevic premier bank ozarks, Pacific Premier bancorp down sharply because they dont have the diversified inc
The heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. Welcome, everybody. Today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. The issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nations capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. The federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. The committee is going to be watching to make sure the talk turns into actions. The fta is playing an Important Role at metros temporary oversight entity. The fta is here to share what they will to promote safety and liability. Wmata has to be held accountable to the federal, state and local taxpayers that are funding them. I look forward to a frank discussion. I am yield to Congress Woman comstock.
Another rate increase may be appropriate fairly soon. Several factors suggest that the pace of rate increases should be gradual. Including the assem tri of risks at the zero lower bound, Downside Risks from weak Global Demand and gee political events. A lower long run mutual funds rate and the apparently elevated sensitivity of conditions tomile. Uncertainly about the location of supply side constraints provides another reason for gradualism. There are potential concerns with this gradual approach, however. Its possible that Monetary Policy could push reoutly sayings too high and inflation could move to temporarily above target. In an era of anchor expectations undershooting uh employment should result in only a small and temporary increase in the inflation rate. But running the economy above its potential growth rate for a extended period could involve extended risks even if inflation does not mean meaningfully above target. A long period of low Interest Rates could lead to aggressive