Of Affordable Housing, a review of the Trump Administrations plan to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself members, today is [inaudible]s birthday come back if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday please save it until later. [laughter] we all thank you for that. Happy birthday. We now recognize myself performing its given soft Opening Statement. Good morning. Today we are here to discuss the impact of the Trump Administrations house and finance reform plan. We are joined by treasury secretary steve mnuchin, hud secretary ben carson and federal Housing Finance agency director. Welcome. Let me say that the Trump Administration Housing Finance reform plan would be a disastrous for our system. The trump demonstration is threatening to end the conservatorship of the government sponsored that is the gses. Would ask National Action to provide and expose the government guarantee. It is implement it in this way and is likely create turmoil in the Housing Market will preve
Into structured security. Later president ial envoy talks about President Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from syria and how it might impact u. S. National security. Treasury secretary steven minh mnuchin and housing sec. Ben carson on capitol hill to testify about access to a portal housing and finance reform option. Lawmakers heard testimony from the head of the federal Housing Finance agency and this hearing is under three hours. We will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled the end of Affordable Housing, a review of the Trump Administrations plan to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself members, today is [inaudible]s birthday come back if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday please save it until later. [laughter] we all thank you for that. Happy birthday. We now recognize myself performing its given soft Opening Statement. Good morning. Today we are here to
Guess, what he expected. Pretty much what he expected. It is. He is doing a fantastic job, not easy, but doing a really good job. I think he will make great progress come october, come november. October. October the 31st. The results, the results will start to show in november. But, it looks to me like he is making great progress. It is an honor to have you here. Well discuss trade. We can drew group pell our trade with the uk and we can i think do a big job. Bob lighthizer is here, our trade representative. Your trade representative is here. Theyre already scheduled a to continue negotiations. For more substantially more trade with the uk. Well look forward to doing that. Well talk about other things also. Boris . Great to be here i hope we can make a our secretary of state of International Trade is here. We hope to get going on that always remembering the nhs is not for sale but everything else, theres a huge amount we can do. I guess well talk a bit about iran and some of those diff
Wednesday. Closing the day up by 123 points still on track for major indices to see the third week in a row looking at dow futures s p 500 down by 10, nasdaq down by 25. What happened . Stocks took a dive it was more a product of the percentages were going up for powell to have another cut all but factored in. Bad news has become good news. Good news has become good news if you look at the december percentage cut, it doubled 30 to 60 . October, yes december, yes. Sort of. The market took that as a positive well see what happens today the jobs report is the all important one that hits in 2. 5 hours time. Looking at what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei ended up by about a third a percentage point the hang seng is up just over 1 you are looking at a mixed picture. Not Much Movement for the dax or the ftse a little weakness in italy and spain. Looking at treasury yields coming under pressure on this data in terms of the ism manufacturing numbers and the nonmanufacturing ism we got y
Hour plus wework woes the shareholder wants to shelf the ipo well have those details and discuss them later its the momentum crush. Investors are fleeing the stocks with the biggest gains and could be a warning sign for the Broader Market so Pay Attention power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Stocks are under a bit of pressure take a look at the nasdaq. Thats getting hit the hardest as the momentum gains are selling off. On the flip side, we have small caps continuing their outperformance from yesterday. Up by 1 two headlines affecting your money. Stocks did jump higher on a glimmer of hope in trade talks but then they turned right back lower when President Trump said that he has fired the National Security adviser john bolton over policy differences. That news also sending oil sharply lower. We are live to wrap up what has been yet another very tumultuous day. Thats right. Another dramatic departure from the Trump Administration we got a little more context here we hear