Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on creating a federal pandemic Risk Insurance program. Even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to admit themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulation accompanying house rest 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized to avoid any background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and the corn to this remote hearing. History is entitled insuring against a pandemic, challenges and solutions for policyholders and insurers. And i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 Million People worldwide could enter a state of extreme poverty due to the Global Economic contraction, and here in the United States 657 Million People have filed for Unemployment Insurance since march of this
A congressional hearing in which case that will. Well break down the shake up at one of americas largest banks a lot to get here on a very busy day so lets get started. On oil lost as much as a 3rd of its value monday in its biggest drop since 1901 gold war fell to 30. 00 to 30. 00 per barrel as saudi arabia launched a price war with russia after the 2 failed to come to an agreement at its vienna meeting russia declined to agree to production cuts that have artificially kept Oil Prices Steady officially russia said it wants to wait and see what the Coronavirus Impact on demand is before agrees to cuts on officially russia is angry about u. S. Sanctions of Russian Energy Company Rosneft and attempts to stop the north stream to pipeline to germany by flooding the market and sinking prices russia sees an opportunity to crush the us shale industry which is dangerously levered to the hilt russia is also fed up with cutting production outputs timeout that time while u. S. Shell producers eac
Demand a Global Movement to divest from fossil fuel and crushing debt loads the industry has about 86000000000. 00 of rated debt due the next 4 years and as analysts have warned before below 50. 00 per barrel Many Companies will be unable to service their debt obligations this in turn has the Banking Sector as these Companies Start defaulting big banks including j. P. Morgan city Group Wells Fargo and goldman are down between 9 to 13 percent today as the selling pressure intensified across all sectors u. S. Markets triggered a 15 minute halt at the am the dow fell over a 1000 points as investors continued to seek safer assets the yield on the 10 year dropped below 0. 5 percent for the 1st time ever in the history crude prices have become a bigger problem for the markets than the coronavirus now as itll be virtually impossible for the s. N. P. To bounce when the Energy Sector is down 15 percent. Interestingly enough gold the defacto safety asset is not spiking instead it is trading flat
Warned before below 50. 00 per barrel Many Companies will be unable to service their debt obligations this in turn has the Banking Sector as these Companies Start defaulting big banks including j. P. Morgan city Group Wells Fargo and goldman are down between 9 to 13 percent today as the selling pressure intensified across all sectors u. S. Markets triggered a 15 minute halt at the am the dow fell over a 1000 points as investors continued to seek safer assets the yield on the 10 year dropped below 0. 5 percent for the 1st time ever in the history crude prices have become a bigger problem for the markets than the coronavirus now as it will be virtually impossible for the s. N. P. To bounce when the Energy Sector is down 15 percent interesting way enough gold that defacto safety asset is not spiking instead it is trading flat someone down indicating that people are selling with. Well prejudice this type of broad based sell off is indicative of a cash crunch and that leverage funds are rec
So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy Going Foundation let it be an arms race is on all sides very Dramatic Development only mostly im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Join me every thursday on the alex so im unsure when ill be speaking to get off of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see that. Global markets plummet amid widespread talan and this time while at the culprit this does boom but the one business show you cant afford to mess im christiane and im bridgeboro in washington coming up the market bloodbath rages on amid infection fears and oil has stalled with prices dropping below 40. 00 a barrel we take a look at the big picture and what the future may have in store. And the World Health Organization says the possibility of the corona virus becoming a pandemic is the very real well break it down and discuss what can be done to control the spread of the