Open. Plus signs of a resilient consumer. Amex beats expectations, record revenue for the sixth straight quarter. And transports continue to be in focus. Theyre on pace for what would be the fifth straight weekly loss for that group. Csx reporting a mixed quarter on weaker rail demand. Knight swift saying freight demand remains steady. Lets get to that tenyear hitting 5 , as we said, late yesterday. This is what the chair had to say about bonds and rates. Are we seeing the longer run bonds . Increases in rates . Are we seeing those come through in Financial Conditions in a persistent way, and i think if you look at Financial Condition indexes, the answer, so far, would be yes, you are. Persistence, it will be a matter of just seeing whether or not but certainly, if you look at Financial Conditions indexes, theyre showing tightening, and its a lot because of longer rates. He did say a few months of disinflationary data is just the beginning, sara, of whats going to be needed. What did y
Dedicated staff here at George Washington university, to our media partners, cbs news and sirius xm, at our incredible production team. Thanks for helping the Bipartisan Policy Center sponsor this wonderful debate. Its the fourth in in a seriy the senate project. Tonight promises to be an interesting and informative discussion on some of the most Critical Issues facing our country and our world. We are honored that senator chris coons and senator marco rubio agree to participate in this important program. Thanks to both of them. As you saw in those two mccready is the genesis of the senate project came from to make u. S. Senators who had very different points of view but look for Common Ground. You will be hearing from store tom daschle in just a moment, with more on the relationship and what it meant for the senate as ann institution and for our country and all of us. I also had the privilege of calamity with senators kennedy and hats during my time as education secretary during the g
Remember what it was like president obama had been elected on this massive wave of hope and enthusiasm. On election day 2008 elected on this amazing wave. The countrys at his back. All the forces of history are behind him, and he proceeded to continue the policies of president bush essentially unchanged. Im referring to his policies towards wall street, towards the investment banks. No big banks were ever put into receivership, no bailouts were unwound. No elite bankers were ever prosecuted. Obama and his democrats refused to change course when every sign was telling them to turn. When it would have been good policy to turn. When it would have been overwhelmingly popular to turn. When the country fully expected them to turn. And when i say the country, i mean the bankers themselves. The wall street bankers thoughtl they were going to be taken to the woodshed. And when it was fully within the president s and his partys power to steer this country in a different direction, they didnt do
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Is your story and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook. You can keep the spirit going by downloading the printers row app where you will find the Chicago Tribune premium book contents free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and that complete printers row schedule. Demo today and you get a free ebook and five dollars off merchandise. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan twos book tv. We will leave about 10 minutes at the end for a q a session with the Live Audience here, so when the time comes if you have a question, please lineup at the microphone to your right so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. Lastly, before we begin this program i ask that you silence your phones and turn off the flashes on any cameras. With that said, i would like to introduce author thomas frank of listen liberal. [applause]. Howdy, folks. How are you all doing next thats my version of a chicago accent, howdy folks. I did liv