Governor hogan is the chief executive of maryland in that state is enough to keep any governor busy, especially with the challenges this year. Nonetheless, he has been generous with his time, choosing to lead the nda in devote time and energy to our cause while leading the State Government in annapolis. Supportseen excited to to support Governor Hogans initiative as we proceed with the necessary work revitalizing the economy. Tenure,eginning of his Governor Hogan chose to work on the issue of improving our aging infrastructure and building the modern systems of connectivity that we need to build a prosperous future. It was a National Priority before the pandemic and it has taken on greater importance now. Governor hogan will share some of the highlights and conclusions from his initiative, infrastructure, foundation for success. We look forward to hearing the conclusions of your policy work over the past year. Nga is not just about representing americas governors, it is also about what
Providing transportation in rural areas and Railroad Safety. Well also learn about the department of transportations priorities for the coming year. Live coverage on cspan3. We have some wonderful, luxurious, very nice seatingrow. Id like to encourage everybody tole to closer. Were going to have a very nice discussion. Id like to encourage everybody closer. Make the setting a little bit more cozy and familial. We very much enjoy that. We like having a nice conversation about one of our favorite Public Policy issues. Yeah. Right along there. Thanks so much. Well, great. I want to welcome everyone to this panel. Again, thank you, all, very much for joining. My name is lawrence smith. Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the u. S. Department of transportation. It will be three years this month that ive been at the department. Incredibly honored to be part of a great team. Doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts
For joining. My name is loren smith. Itll be three years this month that ive been at the department, incredibly honored to be part of a great team doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Its going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts of the country. Were really, really excited about. I had the honor of serving previously with secretary chow at the labor department. Its been a fascinating experience seeing different cabinet agencies and how the different organizations work. Im joined today by four really excellent panelists i think youre going to enjoy hearing from. I first want to introduce Alex Herrgott who is executive director of the public improvement counsel, fipsi. He has been in that role since september 2018. He had been serving previously as the associate director for infrastructure for counsel on Environmental Quality at the white house. Mr. Herrgott worked for senator james earnhoff in california. He served as primary staff for transportation
Governor has the central bank is expected to lower its rate path. Anna this is bloomberg daybreak europe. Lets talk about what been going on overnighting westminster. I am live on ground as we discussed another night in the commons and house of lords. A deal to block no brexit has made steady progress through the house of commons and into the house of lords. Overnight, there was a fear it would get weighed down by all wrecking amendments put forward by the government but that doesnt seem to have been the case. Things moving faster than expected to see the approval of that bill that will block a note of brexit. Could Boris Johnson forced to go to brussels and ask for a delay, something he said he would not do . Would he not deliver brexit by the end of october . He said he would do that, do or die. Timing will be everything. Jeremy corbyn has said he wont give the Prime Minister the general election is looking for an hes assured the passage of this bill. We will look at what the labor p
Sovereign bond markets are starting to reprice, with yields heading higher. That gives pressure to equities, but we are seeing the csi 300 up 6 10 of 1 . The dollar has been mixed against asian fx. The korean won is losing strength. Show you whats going on in the bond market, there is glaring red. Its what we saw in the 10year yield, back above 2 , well back above that. Franklin templeton, dont underestimate how high the yields can go. They are saying 3 is possible. Youre seeing that movement in the aussie and 10year, up 11 basis points. Just a slight move when it comes to jgbs, negative. 13 basis points. Ahead of export and import data coming out of china. Take a look at this chart, what we are talking about, imports, soybeans in particular. Basically whats been going on, President Trump is complaining now that resident xi jinping is not delivering promises of buying agricultural products. Guess hes right because you see the downward trends but the last couple of months or so, we saw