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Copper is trading lower once again as concerns about chinese slowing growth prop up. Similarly, trade and the u. K. Is off by half a percentage point. No end to the woes for commodities Going Forward. Interestingly, the other thing on investors minds is the fomc. We haveday meeting, seen the dollar drop off by 2 10 of a percent. We would see any sort of rate hike come september. Those futures funds tend to signal a 28 rise likelihood of the federal rate hike come september. Much more probability later in the year, but money is being taken off the table when it comes to the dollar. On the flipside that is where you were seeing most of the trading. The euro is up some 2 10 of a percent, not music to mario draghi sears. Draghis ears. We have some interesting stories out there for you. One is in focus because of talk about the strategic reviews that could be coming as soon as october. There is a rice discussion in the market about whether they could the uploading a u. S. Private banking un
I would say that the valley fire in lake county will be one of the top 20 most devastating fires weve seen in california and the fire season itself has probably been the most extreme that ive seen in my 30 years with regards to the number of fires that weve seen statewide, the way these fires are starting and spreading in and ending up in basically a migration is a rapid and very erratic spread of fire and its making it very, very difficult to fight and to get on and its putting people and property in harms way. And my colleague, Scott Schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis. Welcome to you both. Suki, let me start with you. You were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. What did you see . It was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were driving further down the road to a
I would say that the valley fire in lake county will be one of the top 20 most devastating fires weve seen in california and the fire season itself has probably been the most extreme that ive seen in my 30 years with regards to the number of fires that weve seen statewide, the way these fires are starting and reading in and ending up in basically a migration is a rapid and very erratic spread of fire and its making it very, very difficult to fight and to get on and its putting people and property in harms way. And my colleague, Scott Schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis. Welcome to you both. Suki, let me start with you. You were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. What did you see . It was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were driving further down the road to a m