Position and as you know, without a fallback language or some appropriately established safe harbor, until a new reference rate can be used significant legal problems and challenges are likely to occur. So with this in mind, as libras scheduled end nears and so far and so far is a secured overnight Financing Rate apparently will take its place, tell us, chairman, what can we do what can be done to accommodate the numerous contacts that do not have fallback provisions . Thank you, mr. Scott. You said it very well. This is a i think there are 300 trillionplus in contracts referencing libor in five different currencies the manipulation was revealed really almost a decade ago, and i think the financial conduct authority, which supervisors the libor banks has said its an important day as the fed chair testifies in front of the House Financial Services committee. Im Carl Quintanilla with deer ra bow is a here got some record highs here the chair has discussed several things, facebook, libra,
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Today this committee convenes for a hearing on Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. Chairman powell, welcome back. Today i would like to start by addressing the current elephant in the room when it comes to Monetary Policy and the fed. This president has made it clear that he has no understanding or respect for the independence of the Federal Reserve. He has said the fed, quote, doesnt have a clue, quote, unquote, called it the most difficult problem for the u. S. According to media reports, he discussed firing chairman powell because of policy he doesnt agree with. Lets be clear, it is essential that the Federal Reserve maintain its independence from the executive branch. So i urge chairman powell and other Federal Res
higher. i spoke to tribeca investment partners, who told me what was driving the rally. 2024 - me what was driving the rally. 2024 we re heading to a good start. certainly the investor optimism has returned after the first couple of weeks of a little bit of weakness. investors have decided 2024 is going to be a year where interest rates will head lower locally and the economic activity will slow down, but not as bad as feared previously. so all that combined, it s good to see the nasdaq pushing higher, led by big tech, and everybody else heading the right way. big tech - we re hearing heading the right way. big tech - we re hearing some heading the right way. big tech - we re hearing some good - we re hearing some good things, some lay offs as well? sure. i do think big tech is going through for 2024, certainly they ve had a great start, but i do think they will slow down somewhat because of the things you talk to. their earnings were slowed somewhat because costs a
record more than a year ago. the dow and nasdaq also closing higher. i spoke to tribeca investment partners, who told me what s driving the rally. 2024 we re heading to a good start. certainly, the investor optimism has returned after the first couple of weeks of a little bit of weakness. investors have decided 2024 is going to be a year where interest rates will head lower locally and the economic activity will slow down but not as bad as feared previously, so all that combined, it s good to see the nasdaq pushing higher, led by big tech, and everybody else heading the right way. big tech we re hearing some good things, some lay offs as well? sure. i do think big tech is going through for 2024, certainly they ve had a great start, but i do think they will slow down somewhat because of the things you talk to. their earnings were slowed somewhat because costs are higher. i do think that the ai related sectors within the big tech will do betterjust because there s a pheno
partners, who told me what s driving the rally. 2024 we re heading to a good start. certainly the investor optimism has returned after the first couple of weeks of a little bit of weakness. investors have decided 2024 is going to be a year where interest rates will head lower locally and the economic activity will slow down, but not as bad as feared previously. so all that combined, it s good to see the nasdaq pushing higher, led by big tech, and everybody else heading the right way. big tech we re hearing some good things, some lay offs as well? sure. i do think big tech is going through for 2024, certainly they ve had a great start, but i do think they will slow down somewhat because of the things you talk to. their earnings were slowed somewhat because costs are higher. i do think that the ai related sectors within the big tech will do better just because there s a phenomenal amount of growth. but every part of big tech is going to experience slowdown because of high