There are four of you and there is quorum, i will text the commissioner to see if she needs help. President bernal with the quorum present, we move on to the next item. The approval of the meetings of the minute of september 1st. Wrong date, im looking at the minutes. The minutes of the meeting of september 15. Upon reviewing the minutes and without amendment, do we have a motion to approve or any amendments from the commissioners . So moved. Second. Before you all vote there is nobody on the Public Comment line, so there is no need to take Public Comment. I can take a roll call vote, commissioner. President bernal yes. Commissioner green yes. Commissioner chung yes. Commissioner chow yes. And lets see if okay, i will call her as we move into the next item. That looks like the minutes passed. The next item is the directors report. Director colfax. Good afternoon. The director report, grant cocolfax. One item of note, september 30, state department of Public Health released details rega
Ask the public to participate remotely by writing to the board or leaving a voicemail message. For all comments received in advance of the meeting we have received and we appreciate these comments. While Technology Allows us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as it would like to be. There will be gaps in some airtime, staff at times the staff transitions between the speakers and the callers. Know that we are doing the best that we possibly can and we ask for your understanding and patience as we are all learning this new way of working together. A reminder to the Board Members to mute themselves to minimize the background noise. Board members will have to remember to unmute themselves to comment. Again, were going to ask everyone to be patient as we make these adjustments. Madam secretary, roll call, please. Clerk [roll call] we do have a quorum. President bridges . Number two, communications. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and t due to the covid1
Those arrive in london today, and the pound appears to gain after jumping to a sixweek high. This is surveillance. Eldinusef gamal in dubai. Toew fiscal stimulus impact mitigate the impact of the coronavirus. Reflecting that degree of caution, a little bit lower at the moment for the s p 500. At the same time, european stocks are falling for a fourth straight day. What is happening in the states is the bund rally is likely to pick up momentum again as the focus shifts away from global input to some of the deteriorating domestic fundamentals. Think along the lines of the german confidence data we got, the yields near the sevenmonth lows we had. Benefiting from the larger dollar risk aversion. It is very much strengthening over the past month, and at the goldt, the philadelphia and silver index up about 1. 4 . Lets check in on the first word headlines for you and toss it out to leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Growing signs an agreement is insight. Negotiati
Well in many states. Businesses are holding back from spending amid the pandemic and stimulus talks appear to be at a standstill once again with leaders from both sides accusing one another of moving the goal posts in the negotiations. Unlikely we will get a stimulus before the election. 59 minutes to go, dow down 2. 2 . Lets get to the stories we are watching right now as stocks fall sharply mike santoli is tracking the market selloff for us. Which parts he is watching in particular meg tirrell digging into the latest covid numbers mike, whats the broader take on what is happening today average bit of a rethink on a mull pent fronts the idea that covid might cause more business disruption last week the s p 500 was skirting this boundary between this sort of breakout level we had and around 3,400 we are actually below that right now. Did a little bit of damage s p and the nasdaq fell below the 50day average the s. A. P. Warning probably evented the nasdaq from doing a better job of sup
Markets sort of whipsawed by the tweets last night from the president trying to figure out exactly where we are how are investors supposed to take this today . Well, you know, i truly do believe, scott, even after the president s tweet yesterday that sent the markets down almost 500 points in a very short period of time, the last hour and 15 minutes of the day, i still belief theres the possibility we have out there, and i brought this up last time i was on with you guys, the idea i thought we would get one done by the weekend or through the weekend obviously with some of the tweets and so forth, but then the president immediately seemed to have flipped back around and be a part of this whole thing. I do think we will see a stimulus at some point in the not too distant future because of that, i think it gives you a great opportunity on that dip yesterday, and obviously youre seeing a pretty nice rise today. We know what the temperature is of the markets and what people want to hear and