Losses early in the session after the ceo of russias Sovereign Wealth Fund told cnbc and moscow and saudi arabia are very close to an oil deal. Wti and brent are both coming off their best week on record. Not recent records on records ever all the way back to 1983 when they started tracking wti last week wti was up by 31. 7 . Up by 12 on friday alone. A meeting of Major Oil Producing Countries was delayed but still expected later this week that news just being told to cnbc that it looks like they are close to a deal. Andrew, ill send it over to you. Meantime, the latest on the pandemic the number of confirmed cases worldwide now totaling more than 1. 2 million. More than 330,000 of those are right here in the United States and more than a third of the u. S. Cases are in new york state. The death toll in america standing at more than 9600 overseas, british Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital for tests a spokesman called it a precautionary test the Prime Minister test
Record that we saw back during the financial crisis of 2000, march of 2009. Jim, stunning though the number is, of course, we also have the stimulus or socalled lets call it more of a recovery act making its way through the congress the house set to act shortly on it were going to be joined by the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, about 15 minutes from now to discuss that. And so many other things in the economy. What is at the fore of your thinking as we get started with trading a half hour frau noum . The gap we have 3. 2 million that file claims obviously, money comes for them, but i want to know date that the check is in the mail how it comes, how you get it, will it make it so that Small Business stays alive medium sized business stays alive, and is it enough to keep them alive for the pandemic . Is it one month, two months . How long does the 2 trillion last because this number is so big, and i dont think its peaking we have to be sure the American People themselves dont have r
If it had not been for the information suppression by china and the first place we would not be in the position we are now. Austria, italy with 50,000 people under lockdown. In the Spanish Island we have people locked down in a hotel. Deaths. 15 a big cluster of deaths outside china. Also getting reports of an infection in switzerland and do not forget south korea. This is what is going on. It is about containment. People are trying their best. United arab emirates and turkey banning flights to iran. This could have a huge toll when it comes to the Global Economy. Economist saying we will get a shaping of. 1 growth this year. Then you take a look at Something Like ubs. The chairman suggesting this quarter we could see the chinese economy shrank. He is talking about a Global Economy in the same timeframe going from free. 5 growth to cash from 3. 5 growth to. 5 . I mentioned what is going on in some of the pond trees. And south korea 937 people infected currently. They have seen their Co
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Today we are joined by the leading voices within the administration on reforming and strengthening our housing and finance system. The secretary of the treasury, and the secretary of housing and urban development, both of whom have just submitted Housing Finance reform for fossils to the president , as was the director of the federal Housing Finance agency who serves as the regulator and conservator of fannie mae and freddie mac. I want to thank each of you for coming to the committee this morning. Last friday marked 11 since the government bailed out and put fannie mae and freddie mac into conservatorship, where they remain today. Prior to 2008, the governmentsponsored Enterprises Held a 45 cents in capital for every 100 in mortgages they guaranteed. Now just 19 cents after a historic 200 billiondollar bailout from taxpayers. 11 years later they continue to be too big to fail
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Today we are joined by the leading voices within the administration on reforming and strengthening our housing and finance system. The secretary of the treasury, and the secretary of housing and urban development, both of whom have just submitted Housing Finance reform for fossils to the president , as was the director of the federal Housing Finance agency who serves as the regulator and conservator of fannie mae and freddie mac. I want to thank each of you for coming to the committee this morning. Last friday marked 11 since the government bailed out and put fannie mae and freddie mac into conservatorship, where they remain today. Prior to 2008, the governmentsponsored Enterprises Held a 45 cents in capital for every 100 in mortgages they guaranteed. Now just 19 cents after a historic 200 billiondollar bailout from taxpayers. 11 years later they continue to be too big to fail and are even more leverag