Us. Today session is an opportunity to speak on the deterrents and signaling effect of financial sanctions, well and as many of you know well, economic u. S. Sanctions and economic tools which in general terms to those, named people or entities that should have access to the u. S. Financial system of those new people are entities to pose a threat to u. S. National security and the use of sanctions has become central to the exercise of u. S. Foreign policy and National Security over the last decade and in fact i would say, sanctions are a favorite policy tool of this administration in particular the top. The topic for todays session is also the subject of a report and i got jordan good to my left and i cowrote and we are releasing today, those of you here joining us in person will have seen that when you came in. Do not forget to take a copy, of the report includes findings of hours that came out no workshop and signaling and deterrence of sanctions and put it by the Franco Family Found
Good, okay, good morning, or afternoon, rather, and welcome to this event on u. S. Sanctions and deterrence. I am Liz Rosenberg and i direct economic programs here at the center for american securities, its a pleasure to have you here with us. Today session is an opportunity to speak on the deterrents and signaling effect of financial sanctions, well and as many of you know well, economic u. S. Sanctions and economic tools which in general terms to those, named people or entities that should have access to the u. S. Financial system of those new people are entities to pose a threat to u. S. National security and the use of sanctions has become central to the exercise of u. S. Foreign policy and National Security over the last decade and in fact i would say, sanctions are a favorite policy tool of this administration in particular the top. The topic for todays session is also the subject of a report and i got jordan good to my left and i cowrote and we are releasing today, those of you
Youre in the United States, we are seeing stocks come off their highs. The s p up 0. 1 . Apple contributing big, up 0. 5 on a positive note. Tesla is down about 0. 3 . Lets get straight to someone who can tell us more about all of that. Joining us from dallas is Burns Mckinney, Allianz Global Investors managing director and Portfolio Manager. We are seeing a mill top in the stock market a melt up in the market through christmas. Nothing major, but we didnt really make any losses. We didnt lose anything we gain through the year. Tot you attribute that what do you attribute that . Burns volumes are very low this time of year, so it doesnt take a lot to drive markets up. This is probably just a bit of a continuation of the early Christmas Gift that the markets got in middecember, where they resolved several geopolitical issues that had been weighing on uncertainty. Namely, the resolution or the detente in the u. S. China trade relations, as well as brexit, and establishment that the fed d
Good, or good afternoon, rather and welcome to this event on u. S. Sanctions and deterrence. Im elizabeth, and i direct the Economics Program here at the center for new american security. It is a pleasure to have you all here with us, todays session is an opportunity to speak about the deterrents and signaling effects of financial sanctions. And as many of you know well, u. S. Sanctions are an economic tool, which in general terms shut off access to the u. S. Financial system, to those named people or entities that pose a threat to u. S. National security. And the use of sanctions has been central to the exercise of u. S. Foreign policy and National Security over the last decade. And in fact, i would say as a favorite policy tool in this administration in particular. The topic of this is a report by jordan to my left which i cowrote and were releasing today, those of us who are seeing nus person will see that as you came in. And take a copy. The report includes findings that came out o
It is reasonable to expect the fed to kind of be on hold. The front end of the curve is selling up more than the back. The front end is really attractive. The market is saying the fed pause is warranted. It is probably going to remain on pause for a good portion of next year. Jonathan joining me around the table in new york, gershon distenfeld, priya misra, and krishna memani. Priya, lets begin with you. What a payrolls report. Your thoughts . Priya a good report, no way to look around it. When we take out the gm numbers, still a solid number. But i have to highlight caution a little bit. The labor market is a lagging indicator. Is Global Growth for sure bottoming . There are some signs that it may be. Is it about to surge ahead . I am skeptical. We are not getting stimulus out of china, europe. In our view, Global Growth probably muddles around. The trade uncertainty, we are so hung up on this trade deal. I dont know even if we get the phase one deal, which is not guaranteed, the fact