The middle east conflict are taking place around the world. Even the head of amid iran flew to new york. This is quite an extraordinary event, considering that before this iranian diplomats were allowed into the United States extremely rarely. Negotiations naturally take place behind closed doors, as does the discussion of Financial Assistance to israel, which congress cannot agree on. According to the wall street journal, in order to pass this legislation as quickly as possible, washington is ready to separate money from the ukrainian package. The world is falling apart at the seams, but this is not a reason to cancel parties, there is a lot of partying in the white house on the occasion of the visit of the australian Prime Minister, the us president is raising his glass to a bright future, when the middle east is being torn apart in the present. Biden does not answer questions about israel and palestine, invites all journalists to a press conference, the name is the same , the questi
Level since going public, all because of what its doing in, you guess it, tweight loss. We start off with the last trading day of the month a look at just how much things have changed in the month of september. We kicked off the month, the yield in the tenyear treasury was less than 4. 1 . Its risen 50 bases points, hitting levels not seen in 16 years. Volatility soared 30 to its highest since may, and meantime, stocks dropped with the nasdaq and s p locking in their worst months of the year. As we get ready to kick off the strongest time of year for the marks, what should we expect . Tim, what do you expect . I expect theres not going to be a fed meeting that was supposed to be a nothing burg that are turn into the a big burger. Were already on the move. But i guess what i expect is that sentiment and positioning have already made adjustments based upon how bad september was. And i think theyve already started to adjust backwards. I realize and carder probably thinks the about this al
The meeting will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. All members will have five legislative days to submit materials for the record. This hearing is for the purpose of receiving the secretary of treasurys annual report on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Now recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. Mr. Secretary, there is your first appearance before the house after the tax cuts and jobs act has been signed into law. I want to let you know on behalf of the majority how grateful we are to you and to the president for your leadership and for helping make this act signed into law. It is truly, truly historic. After eight years of failed economic policies that led to the slowest, weakest recovery in the modern era, the economy is starting to take off. And wages are finally growing again. Consumer optimism abounds. So, how ironic but totally predictable that equity markets wo
Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin delivered the annual stability Oversight Councils report at a hearing at the Senate Banking committee on tuesday. Topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. This is two hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify on Financial Stability Oversight Councils 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. In december of last year, issued the 2017 annual report in which it provided numerous recommendations, insights into the councils key activities and identified potentially merging threats to Financial Stability. One of the rejss urged congress to reform the Housing Finance system and boost the role of private capital in morning finance. Ive repeatedly stated that the status quo is not a viable option and reforming the Housing Finance system is one of my key priorities. Testifying before the Banking Committee last year, secreta
The Digital Currency market and concerns over Marijuana Companies and banking. This is just under three hours. The committee will come to order without objection the clair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days within which to submit materials to the chair. This hearing is for the purpose of receiving the second of treasurys annual report on the Financial Stability of oversight counsel. Now recognize myself for 3 1 2 minutes to give an Opening Statement. Mr. Secretary this is your first appearance before the house. After the tax cuts and jobs act has been signed into law. I want to let you know on behalf of the majority, our grateful we are to you and to the president for your leadership and for helping make this act signed into law. It is truly, truly historic. After eight years of failed economic policies that led to the slowest weakest recovery, the economy is starting to take off in wages are finally growing again. Con