Ministration will be . I guess time will tell, is he edging closer to the concession, donald trump acknowledges that he may not be leading the United States next administration. Fighting in ethiopias no than t. Grey region is escalating with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas and growing concerns of ethnic cleansing. The countrys Human Rights Commission is sending a team to investigate reports of massacres in my kudrow. And the City International says that its likely hundreds of civilians was stabbed to death. The government blames forces loyal to grays leaders allegation, they deny thousands of people are fleeing to neighboring sudan. Now desirous habit morgan reports now from got a reef near the border more if you can refugees arrive at medina state. Theyre fleeing fighting in ethiopias degree region. Arrived here 4 days ago with her children and pregnant sister from she says the fighting in the region forced her and her family to flee with nothing but the clothes on their bac
Private sector economists, and members of the news media for this annual gathering. As you well know, it has been our custom for nearly four decades to welcome you to beautiful jackson hole, wyoming, part of the regions served by the kansas city fed. And i look forward to returning to that setting next year. With this years online format, instead of expressing my gratitude to those who travel from around the globe to attend this symposium while managing jet lag, i will offer my appreciation to those attempting to manage local time zones with the current time no ranges from 6 00 a. M. Thursday to 1 00 a. M. Friday. This year has been an extraordinary one for Monetary Policy and central banking. Many of the issues that we talked about for some time, including the low level of Interest Rates, slower case of growth, effects of heightened uncertainty, and how to effectively communicate Monetary Policy, have been amplified by the economic fallout of the pandemic. For more than a decade, it h
Kansas citys economic symposium titled, navigating the decade ahead. Implications for Monetary Policy. Name is esther george, president of the kansas city fed. Im pleased to be joined by Federal Reserve chairman jay powell as well as many of my colleagues from the Federal Reserve and by other central bankers, academics, public and private Sector Economists and members of the news media. Foras been our custom nearly four decades to welcome you to beautiful jackson hole, wyoming, part of the region served by the kansas city fed. Returning forward to to that setting next year. Format, instead of expressing my gratitude to those who travel around the globe to attend the symposium while managing jet lag, i will offer my appreciation to those attempting to manage local time zone where the current time now ranges from 6 00 a. M. Thursday to 1 00 a. M. Friday. This year has been an extraordinary one for Monetary Policy and central banking. Many of the issues that weve talked about for some tim
Here in california . For the first time today we heard San Francisco city leaders admit that is plausible. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Abc 7 News Reporter is breaking down the latest numbers just coming in you to. A pretty jarring warning. We know cases are skyrocketing here in Southern California but to hear dr. Grant colfax admit we could reach a new york level crisis by late summer early fall is a real wakeup call. In San Francisco more than 5500 covid cases have been diagnosed. Today we learned whats being done to expand Testing Capacity. Wereng mak three marexpa. Reporter in an effort to curb covid testing backlogs across the city mayor london breed announced three main additions including 400 new testing slots at the embarcadero test site, two new mobile pop up testing sites one of which starts this week, and a third test site launching in august in the Southeast Side of the city. All of this will increase the citys Testing Capacity by 45 . Crucial help but getting te
The afternoon. So very comfortable for us especially with dry air. And then back into the 70s by the time we get to 7 00. Well talk about the warmer weekend coming up. And there is a rush going on throughout the bay area to get students the tools they need so they can properly learn from home. Today you will hear more about this from the state superintendent as there is still a Digital Divide in so many communities. Education is one of the areas that were focused on as we try to build a better bay area. And there is some good news because there is something that we can do to help. Julian glover is joining us with more. Reporter yeah, that Digital Divide, the difference between students who do have access to a laptop and those who dont, it is a critical issue and we expect the state of california to be announcing today steps they are taking to close that gap, but there are also things that you can do at home. Well tell you about that in a second. Again, the divide was a major concern in