Medicaid reimbursement rates so it artificially depresses this number to 1. 00 that youre reading about in the minutes but if you look at the core c. P. I. The core Consumer Price index which strips out food and energy it has been running at or above 2 percent which is the feds target for 23 straight months now so i think that there needs to be some soul searching at the fed because the average American Family is not going to tell you that inflation is running too low so how would they be able to actually combat this. Well they say that they want to get inflation up to a certain range and that is code that is fed speak for saying we want to keep Monetary Policy easier for as long as it takes to get up to that 2 percent bogey and what how investors rightly read that message is that theyre going to continue growing the Balance Sheet and if need be and we know that the need be could. Could be happening with the coronavirus shock to the to the to the economy not just in china but here in t
This is the one business show you cant afford to mess im christiane and im going to board washington coming up the Federal Reserve on wednesday release their minutes of their january meeting but what path has the central bank decided to take well break down the feds moves and how its close choosing to react to global instability what wall way has lost a case in court relating to the purchases of its products but how will the embattled telecoms giant bear Going Forward will analyze the future of cross the globe. In the great. German europe. And later the u. S. Has sanctioned russian oil giant ross now as the nation has ramped up the effort against venezuela well do a deep dive into the penalties and what it means for the petro sector. Today so lets go and dive right in. The federal open Market Committee released edited minutes from his january meeting during which policymakers voted to keep Interest Rates unchanged between 1. 51 and 3 quarters percent drone policy now says that the u. S
American family is not going to tell you that inflation is running too low so how would they be able to actually combat this. Well they say that they want to get inflation up to a certain range and that is code that is fed speak for saying we want to keep Monetary Policy easier for as long as it takes to get up to that 2 percent bogey and what how investors rightly read that message is that theyre going to continue growing the Balance Sheet and if need be and we know that the need could could be happening with the coronavirus shock to the to the to the economy not just in china but here in the United States if that means further rate cuts in 2020 that is certainly what the markets have begun to price in now speaking of how does the f o m c participants view the corona Virus Outbreak is this a threat to Global Growth and if so how much is there a cause for a material reassessment in the outlook and what would that possibly mean for additional easing next year or this year. Well so i thi
Fever medicine. Willng for the virus include outpatient as well as those in emergency wards. On tuesday, the city reporting one new case of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 61. Also we are getting data giving us more insight into how the economy in hong kong has been affected, not only by the virus but also by the ongoing protests and jobless rate climb in january for fourth straight month, hitting the highest level since 2016. Construction, consumption sectors particular hardhit in hong kong. This is a human tragedy and we want to always recognize that. There are real economic effects. You mentioned hong kong. Hsbc announcing they will lay a lot of people off. What is happening with the economy . Has a ground to a halt . Sophie we have some estimates saying 40 to 50 of chinas economy was open for business last week and factories are still taking time to go online. We have several companies indicate how they have been affected. Apple being one of the latest when it comes to its o
Bowls under debartolos leadership. The president is also set to commute the sentence of wrongful cleavage, who was sent to prison for corruption. Blue boy of it, a democrat, was convicted for his alleged efforts to auction off the u. S. Senate seat left vacant when barack obama won the presidency. Is slappings sanctions on a unit of Russian Oil Giant Rosneft for helping venezuela skirt embargoes on its oil. Senior Administration Officials warned anyone in the world doing business with rosneft could also be sanctioned. It is part of the campaign to push venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to step down the worst locust outbreak in parts of east africa in 70 years has reached south sudan. The outbreak is threatening to decimate crops and a country where about half of the population is already facing hunger. The locusts have traveled in swarms the size of major cities. Officials say the number of insects could grow up to 500 times by june when dry weather begins. Global news 24 hours a day