New report. And a Health Policy reporter for Bloomberg News on rising levels of vaping and ecigarette use among teenagers. Host it is the washington journal for august second. We want to hear from those of whomurrently undecided on you will vote for in 2020. Specifically, we want to hear about what is the most important issue you will consider when choosing a candidate you will support. May be, perhaps immigration or another issue entirely that has you concerned when making the choice of who you will vote for. For undecided voters only, here is how you can let us know your most important issue. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on our twitter feed, you can do so at cspanwj and you can also do so on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. It real clear politics through ir opinion did an opinion a poll looking at issues the topor those was Health Care Immigration at 11 and making a tie for education and the environme
Of that. Marriott and hilton is down on a downgrade. The 10 year yield is backup to 2. 06 before the powell testimony tomorrow and plenty of fed speakers today and later in the week. Guy absolutely a firm focus on the fed. European stocks are down again. Stoxx 600 down by 1 . Cable is breaking lower again today. The reason for that the politics, probably more importantly core retail data out of the u. K. Today ahead of gdp tomorrow. Looks like the u. K. Economy hit a brick wall in the second quarter. The market is pricing and more rate cuts from the bank of england. By anothernk down 2. 32 . It was a little worse earlier on. It rallied a little bit, but down hard since that plan was announced. Vonnie fed chair Jerome Powell delivering the opening remarks on the recent Bank Stress Tests at the boston fed conference earlier today. His remarks come a day before his today testimony to congress, with investors expecting powell to pave the way for a socalled insurance cut. Here to discuss no
Employees globally over the next five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. But first to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own cryptocurrency, libra, is not getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed before proceeding. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so you have for the first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems there associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, any of the things that we are all focused on, including the company, they would rise to systemically important
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