Another 75 billion on repo operations as investors expect a cut in Interest Rates at todays fomc meeting. Damaged goods. Fedex delivers the latest warning that the trade war is hurting americas corporate titans. Larry kudlow says progress is being made on u. S. China straight you. As saudi arabia attempts to move beyond the worst Oil Disruption in its history, saudi aramco says it will be fully back in business soon. September, ourf gate will be at capacity. Matt good morning. Take a look first off at a onemonth chart of treasuries i have got here in my terminal. I took friday, monday, and tuesday off, so i missed this peak. 1. 9 . Ped up to thats one of the things we will be talking about today. We are all over the repo issues, also a big peak, a much bigger spike over a shorter time period. Take a look at the futures. We are looking at a negative yearre in terms of u. S. 10 in terms of equity futures. This follows gains yesterday certainly in u. S. Stocks as we get closer and closer
Justice . This was interesting. Obama has gotten attention for his comments on court cases particularly before theyre decided, as well as after where i think its perhaps a bit more typical for president to speak after decisions are made. But it did seem interesting that i mean he actually went as far to criticize the cert stage when he said the court shouldnt have even taken the case. So it was interesting. And just by coincidence i happen to have sitting in my inbox a study of president ial comments on pending Supreme Court cases since 1954. Looking at this study and seeing how really rare it was, although not completely unheard of for president to comment when they had cases of which they took some interest before the Supreme Court, i dont think it is going to be a very typical thing. I think this as one factor that the study itself observed, president s most likely to comment on pending cases tend to be lawyering who think they know a lot about the law and are in a position to discu
Harassment allegations. Well have the latest. Its five oclock. Our main story is that the Foreign Office has confirmed that a british missionary who was kidnapped in nigeria has been killed. Ian squire was seized by gunmen last month. Three other british hostages have been freed and have returned home after nigerian authorities negotiated their release. The circumstances surrounding mr squires death three weeks after his kidnap are not clear. It is understood that mr squire and three fellow Christian Charity workers were abducted on october 13th from their accommodation in delta state in the south of the country as our correspondent anisa kadri reports. Ian squire died as he tried to improve lives. Its believed he was taken by improve lives. Its believed he was ta ken by militants improve lives. Its believed he was taken by militants along with three other Christian Charity workers. He frequently left the uk where he practised as an optician to give free medical aid in africa. The uk F
Well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all today. I am peter russo, i am the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute and i want to thank you all for coming. You were at a capitol Hill Briefing entitled major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you, so please tweet comments and questions to us and our panel at catoevents. Catoevents. This spring the Mercatus Center released this, if youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program, ill be happy to hook you guys up. Mean while, fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and the tax treatment of health care and as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies and editor of www. Governmentdownsizing. Org, before joining cato, senior
Peter well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you today. Im peter russo. I want to thank you all for coming. You are at a capitol hill Hill Briefing major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or via the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you so please tweet comments and questions to our panel at catoevents. Again, thats catoevents. Further, this spring the Cato Institute released the handbook for policymakers. Copies were available on the tables as you came in. If youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program. I will be happy to hook you up. D p. D. F. s are searchable at cato. Org and there is a chapter on federal tax reform and many others, also, covering the tax treatment of health care as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos chris edwards, the director of tax policy studies nd editor of www. Downsizinggovernment. Org. Before j