Even, this was hovering a little north of 1200. Through crises and noncrises alike gold continued to steady climb you really cant ignore. What is interesting this is spread across a lot of the commodities. Look at silver front, up an additional 2 3s of a percent. Here is eyepopping. Palladium, so crucial in manufacturing processes, futures market close up to 5 . That is alltime high for palladium prices at 2442 an ounce. Well get into that in more detail. One thing for investors to hedge their bets, go into bonds and all, this Development Goes on regardless of crisis mentality of coronavirus virus. Particularly when it comes to gold. Now to pa late yum. Well get into that in a second. As we rifle through big numbers. Susan li on i latest trend producing them. Susan neil, shock across markets. Floodgates according to one analyst because of impact of coronavirus. Apple warning they will not meet sales targets because factories are closed in china because of the coronavirus. Workers are s
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p
Committee will come to order. Let me think our witness for your patience. We are now ready to proceed under the five minute rule and i will give myself five minutes to begin the question phase of the hearing. Over the last year, has taken a number of actions to reduce the ability of fha borrowers to utilize down payment assistance programs from governments and cities. To purchase a home and has indicated that it intends to issue a proposed rule affecting down payment assistance in january. Secretary carson testified before this committee in june that he was not familiar with the hud data that identifies which Government Entity is providing down payment assistance and it appears that hud cannot determine which Government Programs are providing down payment assistance for any fha loan. Which is critical before attempting to issue new regulations of government down payment assistance programs. Will you commit to not moving forward any rulemaking or other Administrative Changes related to
Secretary Steven Mnuchin on the u. S. Economy and Financial Stability. He talks about Digital Currency, World Bank Lending at the potential impact of Climate Change. Ready to go . The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled promoting stability, reviewing the administrations regular approach to Financial Stability. I want to inform all concerned that this meeting will end at 1 p. M. Per the request of the secretary. I now recognize myself for four minister give an opening statement. So let me welcome back secretary mnuchin. Today we are here to discuss the Trump Administrations actions that have undermined and not promoted our nations Financial Stability. As ive said many times before, i am very concerned about this administrations actions to eliminate important protections for consumers, investors and our economy. It appears that our banking regulators are following that te dereg
Waters the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled promoting stability, reviewing the administrations deregulatory approach to Financial Stability. I want to inform all concerned that this meeting will end at 1 00 per the request of the p. M. Secretary. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. So let me welcome back secretary mnuchin. Today, we are here to discuss the Trump Administrations actions that have undermined and not promoted our nations Financial Stability. As i have said many times before, i am very concerned about this administrations actions to eliminate important protections for consumers, investors and our economy. It appears that our banking regulators are following the deregulatory blueprint that the Treasury Department, under secretary mnuchins leadership, has mapped out point by point and rolling back many of the Critical Reforms demo