certainly that. we must understand the economics of a nation is the economics of a a grocery shop. yeah well that s the that s the standard line isn t it i mean they re not they re not connected the purpose of the budget is to balance their concert the nation that s what the purpose of a government s budget is and therefore it is the only grace show up so to speak it alone has access to money and it can print so in that sense the government isn t a tool like a grocer s shop a grocery shop your shop has to go to a bank if it gets into debt it borrows from bank it has to repay government to have to repay the government can borrow without limit technically it can simply print the money it wants to spend now that is a fact whether it wise to do so when you want to stop it by law from doing those kinds of things that s a different matter but it can do it and if it wants to spend 3 $100000000000.00 in supporting the economy during the cove it it will spend $300000000000.00 and it l
oh good evening it was international it s just gone at 6 o clock here in moscow the prime minister of slovakia has defended his decision to acquire russia s coronavirus facts saying he s faced a wave of criticism after the country received its 1st delivery of the jab earlier i discussed the story with. over the past year we ve heard time and time again that unity is needed in the fight against the coronavirus when it comes to vaccines though it seems that our unity souls apart from all political shenanigans begin his purchase of russia sputnik scene the latest of round footie countries globally to do so has made very clear because the prime minister was forced to defend his decision to critics spoke out saying they want to refund the sputnik vaccine will not go back to russia it will save lives in slovakia i would never give it up our countries a fundamental part of the european union but i cannot turn down a quality vaccine that will save our people because it s made in russ
the latest numbers from brazil. $79000.00 new infections in the last 24 hours that brings the number of infections up to nearly $12002400.00 deaths that brings that total up 229-2000 deaths the i.c.u. beds in the brazilian hospitals breaking point 95 percent occupancy in rio de janeiro a similar situation around the country hence these measures by the author it is in rio de janeiro to close the b. is there also stopping buses coming into the city bringing tourists to those beaches they ve done that before the question now is whether they will police it whether they will stop people massing on the beaches they also have to put up with the president of the country job also nado encouraging people to go to the beaches and take in the sun and he s saying that s a good idea so they can focus victim in d. which will allow them to fight the cove in 1000 virus so that is a problem always in brazil you have the national authorities led by the president telling people to go back to wor
support. president trump who is banned or restricted from more than a dozen sites is reportedly vowing to fight back promising a big announcement soon. teachers meantime in the red on a virus worries. the dow, s&p and nasdaq as used cr firmly in the red with the dow jones off more than 300 points. president elected joe biden expected to unveil his covid relief package we will tell you what that means for your money. big lineup as always with the governor mike huckabee joining us, judge paris and hero, and our good friend steve forbes. it s the second week of 2021 with another busy newsweek. varney & co. begins right now. ashley: the great late david bowie, grew up listening to david bowie and he is best. let s get back to your money and bring in right away our market guy, keith fitz-gerald. keith, good to see you with futures as you seek pointing lower. we are in the second week of 2021 and well, may be an extension of 2020 right now with a busy week. how do you think the
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