Decision. Bullard should have called for 75 basis points and he could have the job when powell steps down to spend more time with his calculations. I agree completely with bullard, his dissent on 50. Whats he thinking . Then i read his comments and said thats pretty smart it made total sense to me. On the bullard side, this gives you a sense of why its so reasonable i would be watching very carefully for any signs of a downturn. Of course, there are views on the other side as well, from the other dissenters i think the center of gravity, clearly the center of gravity on the committee is the second adjustment was appropriate. Thats right. Fed president jim bullard joins us here in just a moment josh got a cameo in that little mashup. Lucky you didnt wear the same tie. Some of my best work. Yeah, you have to give me the heads up on that. Building throughout the day, hopes of the trade deal, really good housing data. Yeah. What are you chalking it up to lets do housing first. Xhp, itb, ho
A very warm welcome you watching r. T. International with meaning. The u. S. President should rethink his position towards peace talks with the taliban is the message the groups leaders have sent to washington in an exclusive interview to ossie. I dont know that there is a behind. Us there were but we are still committed to the negotiations recently that i would start our policy from this very minute the other side is the most elusive form of what conflict except. Except peace on the table so we dont want to revitalize the whole day to step down. From back to where we want to be were just sort of there were after the fact to give it to me to go there go. Early and my colleague neil harvey spoke to r. T. Senior correspondent mark gasnier who had a chance to interview the taliban representatives. Youve got to look at this from their perspective just a few days ago they stood on the brink of a breakthrough with regard to the after more than 19 years of bloodshed they were talking they alm
Is reinforcing his governments hard line against facebooks plans to launch their own Digital Currency libra which specialists are eager to point out is not actually a crypto currency joining us now just doesnt tell is cryptocurrency analyst ben swan then its good to have you here keeping the Virtual Currency be hot while christie is on assignment so 1st of all ben lets just get to the basics here what did the french finance minister Bruno Lemaire have to say about libor he seemed to make a really sweeping statement of opposition to it. Yeah hes very opposed to it whats interesting about his statement is it was really focused specifically on libra and not Digital Currencies or even the broader spectrum of crypto currencies that are out there and i think the reason for that is because it gets into a statement is really focused on facebook as an entity saying that all the asli you know france needs to have solver and monetary policies and protect their sovereign monetary supply we can tal
Negotiator in peace talks with the taliban is to testify before Congress Amid questions or Donald Trumps decision to shut down discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has urged the president to return to the negotiating table and an exclusive interview with r. T. I dont know the. Reason behind we. Were talking but we are still committed to the negotiations. I would only see from this very minute the other side is the. Most efficient form of conflict. On the table so. To. Come back to what we were just. After the fact if. The taliban is frequently responsible for terrorist attacks across afghanistan and the latest incident at least 4 local troops were killed and 3 injured when a suicide car bomber targeted a military base in southern couple on thursday donald trump and it almost a year of negotiations with the taliban last sunday when they admitted killing a u. S. Servicemen to quote strengthen their bargaining position where augusta had the opportunity to speak to talib
Trumps latest trade rhetoric calms markets, but unease sets in with futures wavering in europe and america. Close to a coalition . Italys fivestar and democratic parties are near agreement on a new government with Giuseppe Conte staying on as premier. Said he would be open to talks with the u. S. But only if sanctions are lifted on his country. Matt less than a halfhour from the start of european trade. Take a look, first off, at gold holding gains. Not as high as yesterday, before the start of the g7 and biarritz. Hit 1533 per troy ounce, but holding onto what we saw the last couple of sessions. A look at the futures. Kind of a mixed trade, looking at futures that are down in terms of the ftse, about. 5 . But gaining just as much on the 50. Cac futures little changed, but ftse futures down about. 5 . What do you see on the gmm . Anna a more hopeful trade narrative, perhaps, from the g7, which we covered around exactly 24 hours ago. That filtered into the asian session, and something m