Direction of Interest Rates whei he tes on capitol hill tomorrow. In the meantime, a relativ calm has settled over wall street. The dow industrials today fell just 22 points to 26,783. The nasdaq was up 43 and the s p added three points, but that calm could leado volatility when Jerome Powell starts speaking. As usual, a fed chief faces a tough task. He is under pressure from the administration to cut Interest Rates, but he has said thatne ry policy should not be influenced by shortterm political one thing is clear though. The economy may be growing, but that growth is slowing. Today some of the pieces to the economic puzzle fell into place. And the first piece came from pepsi. The Company Reported higher quarterly profit and sales. Now, part of that was pepsi specific, tied to its new products and higher pricing, but the company also said its results were helped by a strong consumer, which accou ts for mon twothirds of economic activity. Sarah eisen has more. Eporter consumers are inl
As we rally is up as much heard that the rsi was overextended, technicians dont like that. Momentum isal that strong. Right now, looking at a very the rsc elloff, the rsi higher. It might suggest that despite the twoday decline, more gains could be ahead. Emma something that has not gaining, the online category. Draggingor falling and other names like looking down with like booking down with it. They said Industry Trends are not good. Traffic in general is falling. They werecomes as added to the conviction list, tripadvisor. Note winning out at guggenheim today. That could offer some worrying signs about consumers disposable income and how much they are spending. Taking a look at iron ore. Looks like it is opposite to friday. Friday, a twoyear low. Now, it looks like it is having a rally. Demand is seeming to hold steady. Amidstyear high disruptions at minds, and stockpiles in china remain low. Most Industrial Metals today are doing better. You can look at the bloomberg industrial meta
Sexual assault. Marianne rafferty is live with a fight that is escalating across the country. Marianne good evening. Reporter good evening trace. In his opinion temporarily blocking rules j David F Bowman says he hopes the state and School Boards can negotiate in good faith and strike a balance between protecting transgender students and the rights of parents to bring up their kids. Three School Districts in Monmouth County were sued by the state back in june after adopting policies that require teachers and staff to inform a parent if their child wanted to use pronouns or School Facilities that did not conform to their sex at birth. That injunction is temporary while the larger case plays out in the states civil rights division. Temperature attorney representing the Marlboro Board Of Education saying that process could take years. In the meantime he writes the School District is now severely constrained in its ability to notify parents about important issues involving their minor chil
Legislation pass spending legislation. Thiss [cheers and applause] welcome, governor carny. If everyone, please be seated. Madam speaker, im not sure whether thats because theyre glad to see me go and good rid dance or theyre happy for the riddance or theyre happy for the service weve had together. Lieutenant governor, madam speaker, mr. President pro tem, Senate Majority leader, members of the 15 2nd General Assembly, other elected officials who are here, members of my cabinet, distinguished members of the judiciary, invited guests and my fellow delawareans, thank you for inviting me to the chamber for my state of the state address. Sorry its a little bit late. Let me start by recognizing the historic nature of todays event. For the if first time ever, a female speaker of the house is presiding over the state of the tate address he today state of the state address here today. [cheers and applause] speaker longhurst and her majority team, majority whip Carrie Evelyn are harris and jfc
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