Costs in the slowing economy. The loan prime rate tracks credit of trustworthy customers. Shery we will discuss the crackdown by social media giants and what they called a china backed effort to undermine the protests in hong kong. First, lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets closed the monday session in the u. S. The s p 500 gaining more than 1 for a second session. Every sector in the green, led higher by energy and tech stocks. Oil rallying after a drone attack in saudi arabia. That really highlighting middle east tensions in the oil market. The dow gaining 250 points. The nasdaq up 1. 4 . More optimism over the trade fund. That is filtering in through the u. S. Dollar which was higher throughout the session. Taken to another level, the highest this year after the boston chief eric rosenkrantz sounded a more hawkish tone. See how things are shaping up for the as markets. Sophie asian futures are trading mixed with tech very much in focus after semis rallied on w
Events are strictly nonpartisan. They are not intended to offer any kind of policy recommendations or agendas. They are simply sort of meant to give greater insight into how we got to where we are, which we believe helps us understand how we solve problems. So, a few thanks and then ill turn it over to alan. First of all, the Mellon Foundation funds this program. Special things to them. Thanks to them. Secondly, the room has been booked for us by congressman jerry connollys office. Finally, i want to thank my assistant director, who is at the table outside and will be coming in shortly. Now, i will turn this over to the professor of american university, who will moderate the event. Most of you will find these index cards on your seats. The intent is, as the discussion proceeds, if you have questions, write them on these cards. We will collect them after formal remarks and use them to initiate discussion. Alright . So think about that as they are giving their remarks. Thank you, dane. G
We hear exclusively from eric rosengren. China is accused of using social media to undermine the protest in hong kong. Twitter and facebook delete a string of fake accounts. Shery how markets closed. It was another day of strong rally with the s p 500 gaining more than 1 . Every sector was in the green. Energy amtech led the gains. Lead the and tech gains. A positive sentiment with trade. That was reflected with the u. S. Dollar. It rallied to this years high. Gain 250 points. The nasdaq up 1. 4 . Doing much butt lets see how things will be shaping up in asia. Conviction investors will be tested with futures looking at a mixed session. Kiwi stops adding. 6 . We have the strong dollar to contend with which may put a damper on Risk Appetite for emerging markets today. We are on tech watch. We have xiaomis earnings on the lineup after baidus results came out overnight. Onay, were keeping an eye the rba meeting minutes. Trade data from taiwan and today rate the pbocs loan prime. A key mile
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