And with utter disdain for the people whose lives they want to run. Good stuff. Thats a blast right at the elites. Thats the president s theme for 2020. They dont care about you but i do. In the last 24 hours, the president s campaign brought in a record 24. 8 million, almost entirely from small donations. In new york city, joe biden raised 20 million entirely from the elites. I think its time we got to the fed, shall we . Five hours from now the Interest Rate decision and more importantly, the outlook for rate cuts later this year. That arrives at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. We will also see if chairman powell responds to the intense pressure for a rate cut that hes getting from the president. A flat market in advance of that. The Interest Rate news from around the world this morning is grim. Not here, no, over there. In four European Countries and japan, things are so bad that when you buy a Government Bond, you dont get any interest. In fact, they keep some of your money. No wonder the mone
Replaying bank currencies, i think were a long way from t t that. So essential not too concerned about central barracks no long or Digital Currencies you know, facebook has made i believe quite broad rounds around the world with regulators, supervisors, and lots of people to discuss their plans. That certainty includes us, and its something were looking at. We immediate with a brought range of and there is just a tremendous amount of innovation going out out there. There is pour tenchally benefits, also potentially ricks. So i would echo what Governor Carney said, which is that we will wind up having quite High Expectations from saved and soundness and regulatory standpoint if they do decide to go forward with something. You know, we dont have Plenary Authority over cryptocurrency sits as such. They play through our world through Consumer Protection and money laundering, things like that but through international forums, you know, we have significant input into the payment system, and
I came away with a couple different impressions. First of all Artificial Intelligence was everything. Every panel, every roundtable, every discussion centered around Artificial Intelligence. People like to raise Artificial Intelligence really when its not even speak as we believe this but you can finishwatchingd take you live to discussion of the Banking System and Financial Services sector with Bank Executives and former regulators. You are watching live coverage on cspan2. 1300 bankers state Association Leaders independence day. Even more watching on our liveke out of your busy schedules to add your voice, your advocacy efforts. I also want to walk members of the media who are joining us, and i would like to extend a special thanks to the members of congress, regulars and other es our program over the next few days. This event is all about advocacy. Its about dimmest setting to the policy community that bankers are committed to working constructively toward a policy environment that
7 00 a. M. ElsElizabeth Warren is being pressed on biden family economics. Take a listen. I always worry about the influence peddlers in washington, regardless of party of partyaffiliation. We have to shut down the revolving door, have ethics rules that aply to everyone. Maria she was careful not to mention joe biden as a newly surfaced picture shows then Vice President biden on Board Air Force 2 on his controversial 2015 trip to ukraine, thats where he said nobody messes with a buy done. Hes being biden. He is being briefed by an advisor. The briefing happened before biden threatened to withhold aid, u. S. Aid to ukraine i top prosecutor general. He got Victor Shokin fired and he got his money. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer told me that the burisma head gave joe biden 5 million and hunter biden 5 million. Comer joined me yesterday to discuss the ongoing probe into the biden family influence peddling. Watch. This is always going to end with the bidens coming in front o
Nt is hosted by the brookings institution. David good morning, everybody im director of financial policy here at brookings. Id like to welcome you to this event, both the people in the room and people watching remotely. Our subject today is what lessons we have learned from the really interesting episodes of march, 2023,. A year ago the Global Financial system sthiferred most significant banking stress the Global Financial crisis of 20072008. As you all probably know, Silicon Valley bank failed prompting the fdic take it over in the middle of the day couldnt even wait until the weekend, which is really unusual. Its tempting to see this as a oneoff event. Silicon valley was, for want of a better term, unusual. Almost all its deposits were uninsured, it was woefully unprepared for an increase in Interest Rates, but it was followed by what some have called the panic of 20 if thenature bank and First Republic and oversea credit suisse. To arrest what u. S. Authorities feared was a spreadin