Order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds independent Monetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about the fed since your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics in upholding the feds independence you should be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to try to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of president obama Congressional Democrats and the Federal Reserve, irresponsible tr
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p
That tariff and again on december 15th theyre going to increase the tariff on foods and goods we have to keep in mind as we are right on the cusp of the g. 7 and theres already weve already been told today that theres going to be meetings there with our people in china so were expecting that maybe this is sort of chinas way of saying were not going to back down because President Trump is not backing down and this is a good starting point and were going to see that happening right away. I think by the time monday rolls around just like last monday we may see the market turn around so for everything we lost last friday at this time we were talking about it we may regain on monday that were not 100 percent sure but it does say that china is not willing to back down and maybe we can find some happy medium because right now china was taking advantage of us for the longest time and finally we were able to stand up to them so lets see how this unfolds right and the timing certainly does seem
This is sort of a tit for tat because President Trump put it terrifying china there are matching that tariff and again on december 15th theyre going to increase the tariff on foods and goods we have to keep in mind as we are right on the cusp of the g. 7 and theres already weve already been told today that theres going to be meetings there with our people in china so were expecting that maybe this is sort of chinas way of saying were not going to back down because President Trump is not backing down and this is a good starting point and were going to see that happening right away. I think by the time monday rolls around just like last monday we may see the market turn around so for everything we lost last friday at this time we were talking about it we may regain on monday that were not 100 percent sure but it does say that china is not willing to back down and maybe we can find some happy medium because right now china was taking advantage of us for the longest time and finally we wer
By the latest move automobiles we are fortunate to be joined by the car coach lauren fix welcome back lauren and 1st lets just get into the details of this move with regard to autos what will be the new tariff level on u. S. Cars and when will it kick in ok september 1st is going to be the 1st tariff level this is sort of a tit for tat because President Trump put it terrifying china there are matching that tariff and again on december 15th theyre going to increase the tariff on foods and goods we have to keep in mind as we are right on the cusp of the g. 7 and theres already weve already been told today that theres going to be meetings there with our people in china so were expecting that maybe this is sort of chinas way of saying were not going to back down because President Trump is not backing down and this is a good starting point and were going to see that happening right away. I think by the time monday rolls around just like last monday we may see the market turn around so for e