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at 1.9s coming in billion. investment banking revenue at 1.3 8 billion. we will discuss later in the hour. we ll get goldman sachs. david: time for the morning brief. we will give you you as production data. the greek prime minister will be visiting the white house today. there will be a joint news conference at 1:30 this afternoon. at 3:00 we will get an idea of how the fourth round of nafta investigations have gone on. president trump will deliver a major policy speech on tax reform tonight in washington. that s coming up at 7:30 this evening eastern time. in the u.k. data came out showing the highest inflation right in more than five years in september. increasing the odds for boe policymakers to raise rates for the first time in a decade. earlier this morning mark carney reiterated the bank expects inflation to peak above 3% around october. after the data came out the pound raced in advance. hsbcrevised forecast expects the pound to reach 135 of from the initial call of 1
a certain style alive, but just to learn what we do here, and then you can be creative and take it to the next part. sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: collette. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the white house moved today to put to rest the controversy over president trump s outreach to the families of servicemembers killed in action. chief of staff john kelly, himself a gol
a certain style alive, but just to learn what we do here, and then you can be creative and take it to the next part. sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: collette. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the white house moved today to put to rest the controversy over president trump s outreach to the families of servicemembers killed in action. chief of staff john kelly, himself a gol