A new round of a decades long struggle for power between pakistans military and politicians the opposition says the military is helping the government in ways it shouldnt but focused on is this just politics as usual this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im in wrong car now obviously not the pakistani Prime Minister but we will be talking quite a lot about him because pakistans opposition seems to be directly challenging the powerful military establishment saying it has too much political influence leaders of the 2 main opposition parties and smaller groups came together in a slum bought on sunday to form the Pakistan Democratic Movement it plans nationwide protests against military involvement in politics Prime Minister imran khans party denies getting help from the army to win the election 2 years ago. Pakistans Army Generals have a long history of political meddling since its foundation in 1947 pakistanis have spent more than 30 years under military rule and it has had
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Chairman Jerome Powell will update the committee on Monetary Policy develop and the state of the u. S. Economy. It has always been four months since the last Humphrey Hawkins hearing, but we are seeing a different economy today. One that has been racked by the physical and Economic Impact of the covid19 pandemic, and ensuing shutdowns. Chairman powell, you have stated that the Federal Reserve is strongly committed to using our tools to do whatever we can and for as long as it takes, to provide relief and instability to ensure that the recovery is as strong as possible. Additionally, the fed has purchased more than 2 trillion in treasury and mortgage began ins since midmarch. Because of this, the Balance Sheet has expanded to more than 7 trillion. Congress, the administration, and regulatory agencies have taken action to protect and stabilize the infrastructure of our Economic System. The cares act has been central to that effort, and recent stats indicate that our labors are working. I
Time those are good too if demand from the treasury doesnt come back in coming months, whats the longer term implication for Interest Rates i know youre reticent to give any forecast on Interest Rates, which i understand, but give us a tone about the impact, the correlation there. There seems to be flying of demand for our paper i wouldnt want to speculate about what Interest Rates might do were the worlds reserve currency and in times of stress people want to own u. S. Treasury obligations and thats been the way that is for a long time. Even if some of the problems as in the last crisis, problems originated here, notwithstanding that we have the strongest, economy, most liquid markets. One last question ill yield my time back. Youve been gracious with your candor and your time i heard a conversation in this hearing about labor. Our state was one of the first ones to reopen one of the inhibiters to supplying the demand that i think is out there and i think were proving that is getting