been developed, including a program for teachers for the eighth and ninth grades, but the national bank quotes in september the financial primer will see the light of day for fifths sevenths. well, that's not all every year, the educational marathon week of financial literacy opens the doors of banks, stock exchanges and leasing companies to schoolchildren, the opening always takes place at the belarusian currency and background exchange. children are invited to take a lesson in financial literacy and this starts a number of events throughout belarus . we have a competition for university students for the best work on economic topics. we also have a single internet portal of financial literacy www.fing literacy. bilay where everyone can get some the knowledge necessary to rationally use their finances, the school of financial literacy also operates on the basis of the faculty of economics. bgu say its popularity. among the youth, its contribution is growing. the online format contributes to this by connecting high school students from all over belarus as a young economist. here they tell how t

national bank of ukraine, mr. pishnyi, said that the national bank will lead the fight against microcredits, and that the rates for them reach some sky-high levels indicators. in particular, i will quotequote, our proposals for changes to the law of ukraine on consumer lending have been submitted for consideration by the parliament. first, we propose to establish the maximum interest rates , and let's talk about it in more detail, mr. mykhailo, let's start with you: what are the risks of such microcredits, why should we fight them to somehow adjust our free market and this hand of the market that will adjust everything well here, as in real life, there are no ideal situations when everything is fine and everything happens by itself the subject of special consumer lending, in particular microcredit and its regulation, is being regulated. it has been around for many, many years, and at first everyone struggled with the fact that, in principle, lenders showed the real value of loans, and not the mythical ones that are all below zero percent, you know, beautiful, beautiful packaging and of course, for all these years, it has not been possible to solve all the problems of the industry, it

diamond reaffirming commitment to doing business in china saying bank will remain in the communist nation for good times and bad calling for quotel engagement to resolve ongoing issues meanwhile, tesla ceo elon musk, in shanghai from beijing right now after meeting with china foreign minister and reportedly considers expanding electric vehicle manufacturing capacity there during tuesday moss meeting with chinese officials musk reportedly said he opposed decoupling drying countries inseparable quote conjoined twinss tesla did not respond to request for comment tesla jp visit smooths with chinese officials communist china rebuffed invitation to meet with defense secretary this week far from first or only visitors from business leaders take a look at this apple arely tim tookf ceo starbucks ceo among those visiting china apparently focused by business leaders to invest in china raises questions, about whether the visits undermine american efforts to gain control over supply chains for key merlz ed batters semiconductors jpmorgan summit later this week can be nearly 1500 people most foreign investors musk uncharacteristically quiet

jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon is in shanghai, simon is saying the bank will remain in the communist nation through good and bad times and calling for, quotereal engagement resolve ongoing issues. tesla ceo elon musk is traveling to shanghai from beijing after meeting with china's foreign minister according to the chinese defense ministry musk reportedly said he oppose decoupling describing the countries as inseparable like conjoined twins. tesla did not respond to our request for comment but the meetings with chinese officials come as china rebuffs an invitation from the us government to meet with lloyd austin and questions about whether the business dealings hurt american efforts to gain control over supply chains for semi conductor chips batteries or offer leverage. >> of these businesses will continue to move to india like apple decided to do. >> reporter: elon musk has been uncharacteristically quiet on twitter, that is his social media platform while he has been in china. that's because twitter is mostly banned in china. unlike tiktok in the united states. something to think about. lauren: you have to have a measured approach. the bu

quote. fast forward some 50 years. and this island nation rebuilt to become an economic and technological powerhouse. according to the world bank, japan ranks 3rd and it's 2022 report with g d, p. crossing the 5 trillion us dollar milestone back in 2018 and has remained fairly stable and its position ever since. perhaps not coincidentally, since 2018 japan has up its defense budget by some 5 and a half $1000000000.00. but if japan doesn't technically have the military, who or what is japan spending this defense budget on that money is going to the j. s. d f. the japanese self defense forces, the island nation of 725000000 people retains a defense only force yet their defense budget ranks among the world's top 10. so why do the japanese feel so threatened that they've revised elements of their own constitution? who is arming them and who wants to see a re militarized japan? at to unpack this will turn to an asia expert. james bradley is in asia in the pacific historian and critically acclaimed best selling author of a number of books including flags of our fathers, which was turned into a film by clint eastwood and his latest bo

he said the bank will remain in the communist nation through good and bad times and calling for quoteoing issues. meanwhile tesla ceo elon musk is traveling to beijing. according to the defense ministry musk reportedly said he opposed decoupling. he said the countries were enjoined twins. tesla did not immediately respond for comment. the meetings with officials come as china rebuffs an invitation by the u.s. government to meet with defense secretary lloyd austin and raises questions whether the business dealings hurt american efforts to gain control over supply chains for semi conductor chips and batteries or could offer leverage. musk has been uncharacteristically quiet on twitter while in china perhaps because twitter is mostly blocked in the communist nation. dana, back to you. >> dana: thanks for that update. appreciate it. >> bill: got to remember that, right? meanwhile beach goers beware. piles of seaweed on florida's coast may contain a flesh-eating bacteria. not good as summer season kicks off. dr. marc siegel is here on that. good morning and nice to see you. we can show a m

quote, unquote. and some more national news. democrats and republicans, how are clashing over calls to ramp up banking regulations after the collapse of 3 regional banks. democrats say congress needs to put u.s. banks on a tighter leash by reinstating 2008 era banking policies which will repeal during the trump administration. some democrats say that banks were eager to abuse the relaxed rules. republicans blame federal regulators for neglecting to do their jobs. regulators had the tools at their disposal to prevent these bank failures from happening. >> and they missed it period. top government watchdog reports both bankers and regulators dropped the ball. president biden says he wants congress to >> give federal regulators better enforcement tools and raise the penalties on reckless bankers. lawmakers are set to have another oversight hearing on the issue next week. the fdic wants a bailout of its own after a build out uninsured depositors in the failures of silicon valley and signature bank. a special assessment to cover those costs could be levied on banks over aid payments. agency officials say 113 banks would have to pay beca

quote, real engagement between u.s. and chinese officials today during the bank's annual global china sum it in in shanghai. dimon says he's advocating for he derisking economic ties between the two nationsing. elon musk is meeting with officials in beijing, allegedly telling china's foreign minister yesterday that he also opposes decoupling and is w willing to continue expanding his business there. lieutenant colonel, what does business know about the national security issues? here we have two business guys saying we can't decouple because of the economic ties to the two nations so what is the united states supposed to do, keep taking all of these hits from communist china? >> no, they shouldn't. we definitely should not keep taking these hits. we have to say hey, we're going to do what makes sefn sense. you can add the starbucks ceo to that list. they were there on monday doing the same kind of things. they see a great business opportunity. that's what they want. china is courting these to try to make their image look better all across the globe and what the united states has to make sure that we do is that we don't get out-played by the chinese government on our own people on their te