neil irwin is a columnist and economics editor of a widely read blog in "the post." you can get the post's news on policy and analysis. neil is an author who led the post coverage of the financial crisis. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to our moderator neil irwin. [applause] >> thanks so much. i will do the quick introduction. you heard from the secretary. we have been through an era in which trade deals are with small countries. now we have trade deals with europe and cross regions. the governor of tennessee, bill haslem, is from the state that has succeeded as an exporter. it is good to have him with us. [applause] another of america's great export success stories is caterpillar, the giant exporter of mining and construction agreement. the -- equipment. the ceo is with us today. [applause] caterpillar is a great story of an american company who exports to the world. we also have the leader of a great european company that makes a great deal of stuff in the united states and we are proud to have ludwig vilic, the ceo of bmw north america. [applause]

neil irwin is a "washington post" columnist and economic editor of a widely read blog in the post. at the wall while, you can get the post news on and analysis. neil is an author who has covered the federal reserve and let the post coverage of the financial crisis. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to our moderator, neil irwin. [applause] >> thanks so much. we heard from the secretary we've been through an area in which the small piecemeal things to which individual countries. now we are in a moment were big overarching trade agreements are negotiated across both oceans with europe and the partnership. with great panel to discuss these things. first, bill haslam is from a state that has succeeded on the world stage as an exporter. pockmarked another of america's great success stories is caterpillar, the giant exporter of mining and construction equipments. doug oberhelman is the ceo with us today. [applause] caterpillars a great story of an american company of exports to the world. we also have the leader of the great european country that makes a great deal of stuff

we're going to talk about the future of the central bank with greg ipp and ir neil irwin in the next hour. he says he expects to taper in the next couple of months. beyond yellen and the fed, a few other economic event toes watch today. we have weekly jobless claims at 8:30 eastern time. at the same time, the september trade deficit hits and third quarter productivity and labor costs. futures at this hour -- well, you have to remember yesterday we did see things closing at record levels for both the s&p and the dow. nasdaq closed to a 13-year high. but with that news from cisco, you can see futures from the nasdaq ended down by 6.5 points, now durchs up by 26 points and andrew, back over to you. >> boeing machinists have now approved a labor extension. here is the news. the contract would have secured an estimated 20 years of work, but terminated their pension plan and raised their health care costs. the decision means boeing is now going to consider building key parts of the 777x jet liner in nonunion states or in japan where it already has received an offer to do so. also, in other

ok, neil irwin, thank you.ack to our phone calls for all of you about the new numbers on healthcare.gov. kevin in lawrenceburg, tennessee, independent caller. hi, kevin. caller: yes, how are you doing this morning? i think one of the biggest things with me is just the implementation to begin with. just the amount of time and the preparation it seemed that was from the sunday law was passed until october 1. it seems to me there are a lot of people that were aware there were some issues with the site, some of the security checks were not being performed before the deadline. is know, i do think that it important for everybody to have proper health care. i think the awkward position of the united states is the law actually forces you to pay into an insurance group that makes a profit off the money that you pay in, that is paying for the doctors to provide the care. one of the key things the health care has been rising in the u.s. for years, for decades, and everybody is aware of that, foodt is the type of people ea