And this thursday, he signed changes to the law that established this memorable date , in his congratulations on the occasion of the First Anniversary , the head of state called the reunification a historical and fateful event, and the decision of the residents of donbass, kherson and zaporozhye regions during the referendum to be with their a longawaited, hardfought and truly popular fatherland, despite attempts to intimidate them and take away the right to determine their own future. Vladimir putin also noted the courage of the residents of donbass, against whom the kiev regime. Started a fullscale civil war, organized a blockade, constant shelling and punitive actions. And the head of state also noted the support of new regions throughout russia. The people of russia supported the free and unambiguous choice of our brothers and sisters with all their hearts, understood and deeply felt the main thing, by defending our compatriots in the donbass in novorusia, we defend. Russia itself,
Have a look at where european equities are trading 30 minutes away from the finish of the friday session. What a week it has been. A next session for european socks stocks, slightly down this week. Retail the best performing sector after the benchmark stoxx 600 fell 2. 2 in november, the worst month since june. Currencies, sovereign bonds are your final columns. Global stocks have risen for 13 straight months. Love this chart. The green bars are the monthly increases we have seen for the country world index, the biggest winning streak since the index was formed in 1988. Should it rise in december, it would be the first time in its three decade history it gets through an entire year without a monthly decline. This year, the country world index up by 20 , the best year since 2013 and it closed at a record high on thursday. Japan,on improving, in speeding up in october but price rises from this chart still well below the boj 2 target. Tightening labor market. Core cpi, which excludes fres
Recognized for one hour. I appreciate that. I would like to yield 30 minutes to my friend from massachusetts. Without objection. The gentleman is recognized for his much time as he would like. Thank you mr. Speaker. It is budget day. I dont know if you are excited about that. To be fair, i sit on the budget committee. I have a great honor sitting on the rules committee. By day i serve on the budget committee. We have been working since january to produce a budget for the United States of america. We produced a whale of a budget coming out of the house rules committee. Collaborativestic job bringing that budget to the floor. Then it went to the senate. You know how this happens. Watching, im bill, we all know the song from our childhood. It is a long process to move a bill through. Nine times out of 10 it comes back different me from the senate than the way we sent it over there. We have an opportunity today by rulerring, if we pass this , and concur on the Senate Amendment, and bring a
[roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] a gentle man is not recorded. [roll call] [roll call] the clerk will report the vote. 16 yeas, 23 nays. V. Amendment is not agreed to. The question now is on the amendment by mr. Pascrell of new jersey and the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] the clerk will report about. The vote. 16 yeas, 23 nays. V. Amendment is not agreed to. Are there any further amendments in regard to the amendment. For what purpose does the gentle megentleman seeking amendments . The point of order has been reserved. Ive asked the gentleman to suspend the [inaudible conversations] the gentleman continues to reserve the plaintiff worker come i. The amendment whats equitable is equitable. Equitable. Equitable. What can and does very simply as it will eliminate the state and local Tax Deduction that corporations are currently allowed to deduct f
Today, abigail. At a bullish reversal. Stocks have been lower, not in a big way, modest to small declines, but now we are looking at small games for the major averages following last weeks decline for the dow and s p, the first time we saw that happen in nine weeks. Perhaps a trend shift as tax reform hope is perhaps stalling. You look at the smallcap index, down 2. 5 from its high. Dad transports down 6 from its high. There is the possibility that stocks are preparing for a pullback. Had a selloff, not just in junk bonds, but in bitcoin. This is a oneyour chart. Very unreliable when it goes below the 50day moving average. When that has happened the last two times, down to the 100day moving average, that would represent another 25 decline. If it were to go down to the 200day moving average, that is longterm buyer stepping in. That would represent a 50 decline from current levels. These have been pretty reliable from the past, so keep an eye on that 50day moving average. If it goes belo