Gained 160 points, but the nasdaq dipped 3. 4 we still care about the federal reserve. They know nothing just kidding. Or the president s speech tonight at the Republican National convention. But the core question is very simple, do you think we can beat covid19 sometime soon or are you expecting it to plague us into next year that can be difficult to see today, we were obsessed with fed chief jay powells big speech at jackson hole we parsed every word, and it wasnt worth parsing he was a prisoner of the flimsy orthodoxy, but these days he doesnt want to be the reason the economy falls apart. Hes saying forget the foolish ways of the past 40 years of fed chiefs his goal is to help the economy, period, until the pandemic lifts. Its joyful. Hes really smart and good guy thats a stock market like a supermarket. There are some aisles we want to go to when the virus is raging, and theres others we want to go to when its on the ropes. We dont know when well beat this thing ive been telling y
Tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Standard john cotton one members of the bridge about buying g5 equipment from the Chinese Company while way. The arkansas republican join former House Intelligence Committee chair mike rogers and retired Brigadier General Robert Spaulding who predecease her on the National Security council under the trump administration. They answered questions from the British Defense subcommittee on china for about two hours. Order, order. Welcome to this Defense Select Committee hearing to consider the International Response to the uk government decision to allow while we to continue to operate its 5g network and implications of the gibbous decision for information sharing across the alliance. Also to discuss International Ambitions and the role of 5g technology and within this specifically look at Cyber Attacks and the distal silk road. Our session date is divided into two parts and id like to welcome senator tom cotton joining us for part on
Will come to the hearing to have differences with. I think that will make up the American Public on the reliance of supply chain of Critical Materials do you consider that our response to the decision to allow huawai with a 5g network that theri government decision crosses the alliance. And with and this specifically looking at cyberattacks. We are divided into two parts really want to be dependent on the Chinese Government when everything goes wrong my argument is probab that the same and then Brigadier General problem that you have another democracies is that intense would join us for part number interest in the telecom two. Thank you very much for your time today your ex military the house of representatives before being elected senator industry dont want to see change and quite frankly they but the commentator on Us Foreign Affairs and are not capable to deploy that particularly the us and china urelationship and you and i have known each other for many type of network that we try
House of representatives before being elected senator. You are a regular, to use for the first and particularly on the u. S. And china relationship. For transparency, you and i have done each other for many, many years. I think prior to you entering politics so thank you very much indeed for your time today. Can i just say on a wider note we are very conscious that we meet during a challenging time for the u. S. Following the tragic death of george floyd. Our thoughts are very much with those impacted by this tragedy. The u. S. Is not alone in needing to do more to tackle the underlying issues but our thoughts and prayers are very much with those who are directly affected. Could i invite you to say a few words as an opening statement, then well move into questions. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, mr. Chair and thank you for this kind words about some of the strife on our streets today. Of course we all want justice for george floyd and we are all deeply disturbed by that horrifi
Friday following the jobs reports and the apple drag in the amazon drag. Asia though, we are coming off a little bit, if youre looking for us in aligning. 167 on the benchmark right now. A little bit of a pickup following the china open. Indonesia coming online. Hang seng is flat. Oil is very much in focus today. We are coming off a little bit of highs earlier on. We are getting some upside as far as the shanghai contract is concerned. You are getting a followthrough move in wheat prices in the early goings this monday. 2. 5 , 650 a bushel on wheat. Conversations around no recession, soft landing, no landing. Yvonne yeah, you have u. S. Funding needs versus what the demand for bonds overall being weighed on the back of what we saw last week. One of the worst weeks when it comes to global bonds as well as stocks. For some time now, its the start of something. Certainly want to watch. Especially when you are starting to see china not really emerge from this postcovid recovery in the way