This hearing will come to order. This morning well consider the nominations of the honorable shelton to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and dr. Hristopher waller to be a member of the board of governors system. Federal reserve welcome and congratulations to each of you for your nominations. Family in the nd room today and i welcome them as well. Were fortunate to have these two highly qualified nominees today. Ng these positions are critical to nsuring a safe, sound and vibrant Financial System and to help the growing economy. The Federal Reserve was created by congress as the nations to promote a stable conomy and a safer, more flexible Financial System. Among the Federal Reserves responsibilities is conducting the nations Monetary Policy the mandate of promoting maximum employment, stable moderate long term Interest Rates. N addition to its Monetary Policy, a significant portion of the Banking Sector including and Community Banks as well as certain
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
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