Now in april this year the Federal Reserve bank in new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and more likely to be classified as at risk for distress the nonminority Small Businesses. Further companies are three times likely as Healthy Business to close because of a two month the ppps program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury for distress with responded to the covid19 pandemic. Recent analysis of the color of change in the United States found only one in ten africanamerican owned businesses received the requested funds through the program. I have heard from many a minority owned businesses who did everything right, they did not give a low number or loan in the first round, many minority businesses share the enhancement act was not adequately designed to enhance or assist Small Businesses. Thank you to the partnership of the Financial
When the time comes, after the crisis has passed, we will put these emergency tools back in the tool box. I would stress that these are lending powers, not spending powers. I will also note that we design our facilities to work for broad ranges of businesses and municipalities. We do not target particular firms or industries. Elected officials make decisions about where to direct such target relief. The cares act and other legislation provide direct help to people, businesses, and communities. This direct support is making a critical difference. Not just in helping families and businesses, but also in limiting long lasting damage to our economy. Public faith in our operations depends on transparency. If the fed were committed to that, particularly in deploying our emergency powers. Thank you. I look forward to our questions. Thank you very much, chairman powell. I now recognize myself for five minutes for questions. As i mentioned in my opening, the pandemic is strengthening and so, to
A bipartisan letter urging for delay in implementation. Every entity both banks and nonbanks which were not included in the cares act on the same footing can conduct the study with real life se narp owe that we had going today. Given the actions by congress, should we delay as i and my colleagues have called for and should the treasury examine the real life scenario we have gone through when kwuki inconducted study. I think that should be considered we are working on the study. The president issued an executive order with regards to each agenc looking at the rules, regulations that were waived, declined or whatever if they dont work now, why should we continue them down the road when we get out of this mess i assume everybody is doing that this accounting principle would fall in that area of we need to be looking at this as something down the road. I would agree thank you appreciate that. Theres a time and place for rules and regulations and a time and place that are nonfunctioning whe
For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 65 points to 17,500. Nasdaq jumped 57, and the s p 500 was up 12. For the week, the dow was the outlier. Down fractionally and posting its fourweek losing streak since 2014, its first one. Nasdaq did just the opposite, snapping its own fourweek losing streak and scoring the biggest weekly index gains. And the s p 500 broke its own skid, up after three weeks of losses. All in all, it was an eventful week, chock a block with reminders for investors as we turn toward summer. Reminder number one. The fed matters, and it may raise Interest Rates this summer. The minutes from the april meeting released wednesday all but said so. Not a promise, but lots of hints. And it wasnt just hints in the minutes. It was fedspeak. Listen to bill dudley of the new york fed. The economy looks like its growing above trend and inflation is stabling, the labor market is tightening. All that chatter caused fed fund futures to bet on federal bank policy to spik
Industrial average rose 65 points to 17,500. Nasdaq jumped 57, and the s p 500 was up 12. For the week, the dow was the outlier. Down fractionally and posting its fourweek losing streak since 2014, its first one. Nasdaq did just the opposite, snapping its own fourweek losing streak and scoring the biggest weekly index gains. And the s p 500 broke its own skid, up after three weeks of losses. All in all, it was an eventful week, chock a block with reminders for investors as we turn toward summer. Reminder number one. The fed matters, and it may raise Interest Rates this summer. The minutes from the april meeting released wednesday all but said so. Not a promise, but lots of hints. And it wasnt just hints in the minutes. It was fedspeak. Listen to bill dudley of the new york fed. The economy looks like its growing above trend and inflation is stabling, the labor market is tightening. All that chatter caused fed fund futures to bet on federal bank policy to spike. They now price in a 30 c