A listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday it appears that uncertainties around trade tensions and concerns about the strength of the Global Economy continue to weigh on the u. S. Economic outlook. Fed watchers took that expression of concern as a clear and long anticipated signal in fed speak that the u. S. Central bank will cut Interest Rates when the board of governors meets later this month u. S. Stock markets rose on reports of powles testimony with the s. And p. An expert king 500. 00 index breaking 3000. 00 during its delivery before falling back in other markets gold jumped by as much as 15. 00 an ounce in london while in the oil sector both brant and rose by 3 percent in early trading on wednesday. We are now fortunate to be joining for a deep dive into this market moving development and its meaning for the Global Economy by peter c. E. O. Of Euro Pacific Capital and Richard Wolffe Professor Emeritus of economics at the university of massachus
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So confirmed on the 4th of august, a little over a month but of course you have been in the Intelligence Community for a few more years than a little over a month. So lets jump right into this. How would you characterize the sta state . What is working well and what do we need to improve on . Great question, before i answer, let me offer the apologies for the director. He really wanted to be here. Unfortunately, maybe as a sign of the times in terms of how this administration views intelligence he had a principals meeting that he had to go to. Why was the principals meeting set today . Its because i wanted to be here and i have 30 years of pretty slick trade craft. So keeping to his bad luck it was actual purposeful design. So here is what i would say about the community. Im old, and ive seen a lot. We have never been better. The capabilities that we bring to bear are as stunning as any ive seen, and ive seen a lot. The level of integration that we effect throughout the community is th