u.s. treasury. to go into hiding amid a furious debate on free speech rights teenager received death threats. videos on social media discussed whether there should be a line between hatred and freedoms. the british prime minister gives up wanting to have a carbon emissions at the u.k. africa summit striking an interview that almost entirely centered around fossil fuels. and could the tables be turning for italy's biggest party head of a key role in the north of the country this sunday the anti establishment 5 star movement is seeing a major shift following its lead his resignation. live from moscow watching all the international. tribune from welcome to the program. following a recent trend against iranian media fasts news agency says its international website has been taken down soft apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions this comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role to play. the photos news dot com websites is being b

u.s. treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control has argued the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the web site fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a website fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created but that is only in farsi the language of iran not other languages even though far as news generally publishes in different languages those are not available fars news calls itself an independent news source generally it has been labelled by western media outlets as being a mouthpiece for the iranian government it's one of the primary sources for breaking news within the borders of the islamic republic the fact that it has been taken down and does not appear to have its website up and is blaming this on the us treasury seems to fit it on standing a long standing pattern for example earlier this month press t.v. the english language t.v. network based in the islamic re

u.s. treasuries. the daily chart of the tlt in types of geopolitical turmoil wouldn't you expect this to go higher because bonds are a safe haven but that hasn't happened the tlt is trading sideways, less volatility. as far as garner is concerned the gold market and bond market both can't be right. bond traders tend to be more levelheaded. ooh, i'll take a lot of heat on that but it's true w that in mind she is assuming -- remember, you can attack me on twitter. i'm not going to respond assuming that gold is overreacted and treasuries have underreacted even speculators are usually long gold. but when you zoom out that actually makes sense last year u.s. treasuries got a huge boost from the rest of the world. foreign bonds paying negative interest rates so investors sent their money here the rest of the world's interest rates have gone higher so there's now less overseas cash flooding the bond market she expects the market to be decisive except when it comes to treasury bonds weaker dollar should send

u.s. treasury secretary henry morgantown jr.. where the conference tried to stave off flashes of let the one that engulfed italy and germany, the morgenthaler plan focused on plaintiff measures on germany for its aggression towards europe. this event was part of the national world war ii museum's annual conference. session.ed to our next keeping the bar high. row.ve two -- in a my friend, dr. jim lacey, who i have known as a respected years, will bey the center of our next panel named "planning for peace while waging war, a postwar order. it also includes two of my esteemed colleagues, dr. , and newly minted dr. tyler bamford. tyler is our leventhal of research fellow. templeomes from university in philadelphia. we dragged him down here to new orleans, and he and i have been adjusting to the big easy together. we started on the same day. , who leadsth hudson our research services here at the institute for the study of war and democracy, as he has for many years. doctor ford, i leave it to you to lead our next session. [applause]

u.s. department of treasury now the website seems to be down and we don't have an official statement from the u.s. department of treasury however this is what fars news said on twitter the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on u.s. treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control as i did the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list. now if you go on to the internet and type in fars news dot com nothing will come up the website appears to have been removed and now it is important to note that there is now a web site that has been launched with fars news dot i r for islamic republic and that can be freely accessed but that website is only available in farsi in the iranian language and the agency's twitter feed is still active we do see that now fars news is a news agency in iran describes itself as an independent news agency it is frequently accused by western countries and western media of being a government mouthpiece and it is one of the most up to date sources for breakin

u.s. treasury secretary steve. nugent said the ongoing crisis surrounding boeing's signature jet may knock off half a percentage point of view is g.d.p. growth this year. for more on boeing and the u.s. economy let's bring in carson jet ski he's the chief economist at i n. g. germany welcome to the program carson how plausible is it that the world's biggest economy could be hampered this much by the troubles of just one corporation it is pretty plausible this way because boeing it is the largest company in the dow jones stock market index of boeing is a bit comparable to the automotive sector in germany so this one kompany will with a production hold will really shave off for half a percentage point at least of 1st quarter growth then depending on what's going to happen in the course of the year if boeing is able to pick up production nothing that nothing was really wrong here but it will also see it catching up and the reaccelerate of growth in the manufacturing sector but it's clearly a very important company for

u.s. treasury has announced it will soon issue a new 20-year bond.ht now they only go up to ten years. the deficit surpassed $1 trillion last year, and bonds are a way to finance growing debt. the new 20-year bond is likely to appeal to pension funds or insurance companies. >>> the first 2020 model year corvette was auctioned off saturday for $3 million. the first model of the year is worth more to car collectors. this year's model is considered especially valuable because motor trend named the vet car of the year, and this is the first year with a rear-mounted engine. the winning bidder was nascar team owner rick hendrick. joins donated the car to benefit the detroit children's fund, which helps local schools. >> that's great. >> definitely. thank you, michael. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. on to the weather forecast as we start another week. >> we had a nice sunset going behind us. kind of orangey-yellow. spencer? >> it's a cool one. we have clouds on the way also, which probably added to the color of the sun set. here is a live look at do

u.s. treasury secretary mentioned the u.k. will have to resolve issues surrounding drugs that before deal can be struck with the united states and as we previously mentioned the situation with weiwei and a digital services tax on u.s. tech companies will be central in negotiations joining us to discuss just that action in just business and finance world is todd bubba horwitz chief strategist at bubba trading baba thank you so much for joining us always appreciate having you here on a monday let's start off simply here with what is going on between the u.s. and the u.k. why are we seeing this big push for a bilateral trade deal before the end of this year. and more importantly what does the u.s. expect to get out of a deal between the u.s. and the u.k. . well 1st of all good afternoon brant and ben you know listen all of trade deals are good if they're fair ok if there are good deals for both parties all that means is that we have more goods to sell it means that our and our companies will do better means and earnings will rise

u.s. treasury secretary says greta should go to school before she comments on the global economy.ment on the economy? since when does the trump administration listen to anyone with an education? there's no difference. ( laughter ) seriously, this is not a white house that cares about education. the education secretary doesn't care act experience. they put a sleepy doctor in charge of housing. the current head of the e.p.a. was a coal lobbyist. forget an environmental sign degree, he wouldn't know the difference between birds. ( laughter ) ivanka trump san advisor to the president. what is her expertise? huh in what is it? is trump in a meeting, like, ivanka, help us out, we have to decide whether or not to bomb iran. you sold shitty jewelry unsuccessfully for ten years. what do you think? ( laughter ) and finally, if you were at the los angeles airport now waiting for your uber, then you definitely have time to watch this next story. >> now to the travel nightmare that is unfolding at airports and has nothing to do with planes. >> lax recently hold out a new pickup system which fu

u.s. treasury also ahead. tens of thousands of people rally in paris against pension reforms in the measures another stage on the friday after president presented them to his cabinet. u.k. national health service is being sued for prescribing life changing drugs youngsters to alter their gender leading claimants explain why this case is. looking at. young children. consent to an experimental treatment can be i mean full say if we also don't know the outcome of the full side effects of what's going to happen to them the latest on these stories head to our to dot com stay with us now for the big picture. on this week's show can we count on you the united states census is already being taken in the farthest flung parts of alaska and soon uncle sam will ask who and where you are yet even with congressional seats electoral votes on hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding at stake some americans are wary but 1st iraq says yankee go home mike pence says we won't and that photo shop crowd shot but national

u.s. treasury says that china should no longer be designated a current sea manipulator this label was dropped just 2 days before negotiators signed the 1st phase of the trade deal between china and the united states in august 2019 treasury label china a currency manipulator but in a report released on monday the treasury said the current sea franks's of 10 countries needed close attention but no major u.s. trade partner met the criteria of manipulation. refugees and migrants trying to make their way into europe are facing increasingly hostile conditions forcing them to take huge risks to their safety close borders police brutality and a suspicious public a combining to make already desperate journeys often impossible in the 1st of a series of reports on the main overland route from greece to croatia algiers areas lawrence leaf found refugees becoming increasingly reliant on organized people smuggling. midwinter in the furthest reaches of northeastern greece gale force winds and bitter cold in this vast barely inhabited wilderness there are plenty of places to hide but break cover and you risk

u.s. treasury. british government is accused of hypocrisy after signing lucrative oil and gas and deals with african nations despite promising to help them transition to clean energy. in the u.s. millions of dollars to establish what it calls an independent media but critics question washington's most. direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international thomas certainly got us. a leading it media outlet in iran says its international website has been taken down after falling foul of u.s. sanctions and according to fars news the block was ordered by the u.s. treasury. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on us treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control as i do the agency to the s d n specially designated nationals list if you visit the website fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a website fars news dot i r that i are sta

u.s. treasury has named no currency manipulators in its foreign-exchange report. we know that china was put on that designation list in august, being removed today. i want to get back to our top story. it is all about earnings season here. the big banks set to report earnings this week after having spent billions on technology in 2019. that could be bringing a big change to the bonus culture as traders are being forced to unlearn some of their most basic assumptions about making money. joining us, our bloomberg finance reporter. what are we learning about unlearning the bonus culture on wall street? >> what we are unlearning is that bonuses or maybe a thing of the past. in the past, traders were always judged as these big players in the markets who could make outsized bets and outsized profits and money on the back of that. now, because of electronici fication, the machines are doing the work for them so they cannot garner that kind of paycheck anymore. taylor: we joke about this all the time, instead of going back to cfa school, we will go to coding school. lanan

u.s. treasuries. well well 1st of all both gold and oil were moving up before the recent iranian incident so i think those trends are simply continuing i think there is a higher risk premium now being built into both gold and oil for a good reason and i think that risk premium is going to be there for at least the remainder of the trump presidency if not longer but i think what's really driving particularly gold but oil to a lesser extent is the fed it's monetary policy it's inflation it's to return to q we and the rate cuts and that policy is going to continue so i think both crude and gold are going to continue to rally but as a hedge i would favor gold over black gold now let's take a look at what we call digital gold this quiet is now also drawing amid heightened geo political uncertainty right now tensions have escalated over the weekend with iran's supreme leader ali come anigh promising revenge and president trump warning to iran against the actions now bit quiet quite popular in iran they have

u.s. treasury. told to go into hiding amid a furious debate on free speech a teenage french girl with death threats over is on videos and social media we discuss whether there should be annoying between patriot and freedom. the british prime minister gives a warning over carbon emissions up the u.k. africa summit while striking energy also out of the east entirely some to iran for fuel. and the table the timing for it to me is the biggest party out of a key poll in the north of the country this sunday the anti establishment 5 star movement is seeing a major shift following its leaders resignation. it's 2 pm in the south in the russian capital from everyone had a very room welcome to the program. lots of stories but let's start with this one following a recent trend against iranian media falls news agency says its international website has been taken down off apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions it comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury departm

u.s. treasury secretary stephen you can bound to keep pressure on iran's economy. today's sanctions are part of our commitment to stop the iranian regime's global terrorist activities the president has been very clear we will continue to apply economic sanctions until iran stops its terrorist activities and commit that it will never have nuclear weapons and speak now to our white house correspondent can really help it so tell us more about what these sanctions one of oh yeah well we should point out that this is the latest in a string of sanctions that the united states has put in place ever since it's withdrew from the j c p a way that's the agreement to limit iran's nuclear program back in may of 2018 snack sanctions went into place then we had 2 more rounds of sanctions after that now yet another round put in place by the trumpet ministration through executive order as you point out it targets not only the steel as well as iron industries but construction trade and even some senior officials in the iranian government now the purpose of all of this the administra

u.s. banks buying a huge amount of treasuries. only have data through the third quarter of 2019, but the preceding year leading into that, u.s. banks, big banks in the u.s. bought $254 billion of treasuries net. they are funding one quarter of the u.s. budget deficit because foreigners are not buying. the yield differential looks large. once you take into account the foreign-exchange market, it is not. lisa: taking a step back, given that you are pointing to the shift from foreign demand to domestic demand, i wonder how much the fed is fueling this with their repo facilities. they say it doesn't count, it's quantitative easing. how much of that is really going on? mark: the federal reserve has been concerned about the reserves on the system. we think they have done a good job maintaining the fed funds level between 1.5 and 1.75. that is the stated target. we are not so concerned about them continuing to accomplish that. there was a big scare at the end of the year with the level of reserves, what we may see rates do over the term.

u.s. treasury leader says the u.s. will go ahead with digital tax plans but says europe is a tough negotiator >> our motto is identify at the multilevel solutions we prepare to work on the solutions. i think europe has to be ready also as such to respond if needed together. >> with european carmakers in the firing line, the ceo of volkswagen tells this show a lot is at stake in trade relations with the united states >> to deliver on the last year, we are increasing our footprint in the united states we fully adopted to the new nafta agreement. we can do what we can to avoid tariffs. the dutch finance minister tells cnbc about the fine line and fiscal policy. >> if i had to choose between a world where politicians are in charge of central banks or european central banks or a world where i have to shut up even when it is difficult, i'd rather choose the latter >>> the swiss national bank chair chairman thomas jordan told me more about the pick up i asked to address optimism about the outlook. >> in some case, yes, we did

u.s. treasuries. that is the main headline crossing the bloomberg terminal. we are talking about a total amount -- not quite sure what the total amount is. the headline is that japan continues to widen its lead as top foreign order of u.s. treasuries. scarlet: china's share dropped even more. both of them decreased their stakes. reporters toour check in with them to see what they are monitoring. abigail: i am watching the tech shares you all were talking about after yesterday's small pullback. the bigger public for the stocks perhaps on the signing of the phase i trade deal. lots of dreams -- of green on the screen. we have macron trading strong. inductors big in on these tech dreams. this is one of the scary charts to take a look at. 500 tech index going back a few years. the yellow line is the 200 day moving average. investors buying technology. there are periods of time where the s&p 500 has been well above the moving average. fast forward to today. right now, we are above the 200 day moving average by 18%. take a look at the rsi. before.near the levels we

u.s. treasury secretary steve menuhin in the top right of your screen also u.s. secretary of state might come pale alex i'll turn to you standing by in washington just walk us through how much middle east policy has changed under this administration oh a lot we have to say in the last 3 years of the trunk of ministration the president has repeatedly to cast himself as the most pro israel president in u.s. history and that's of course been reflected in your ass policy on the region the knowledge to jerusalem as israel's capital and it moved to see either the you as has reversed decades of american policy by proclaiming israeli settlements in the west bank as not being a violation of international law and the president also acknowledged israeli sovereignty over golan heights so we have to see that all what the trump of ministration has done so far in terms of its policy in the region has actually reflected israeli positions on important issues tanya let's let's pick at what alexander is highlighting there how has this impacted the palestinians faith in the united s

u.s. treasury bonds and that's why do you fold too long point 68 percent send in bags stocks down also some household names see here on wall street such is taking a hit especially after the company announced the globe's. comes also at a time over a particular substantial traffic but also time. been falling since the beginning of last year mcdonald's also has over $2900.00 restaurants in china and its shares closed lower to now despite the concerns that many in the travel industry also have about the coronavirus boeing shares saw a major boost on friday what was behind that. there was another roller coaster of a day for boeing shares the shares went down or were down after u.s. media started reporting that the company could cut production again on its $787.00 dreamliner but change that u.s. regulators were pleased that we didn't progress the company's doing mean revising it $737.00 marks it now. telling everyone said the plane approval could come early and. that said most of them already took out all their schedules until summer or up there and it's not only the u.s. regulators but all those

u.s. treasury secretary. he was very relaxed to start off with on the timing of a phase two deal he said, look, we can get a deal done before or post the u.s. election, we are not troubled by the time frame referring to the mexico/canada agreement on the prospects of the uk deal. the u.s. is very keen on starting negotiations with the u.s. but said the priority is to seal a deal with the eu first. also saying a trade truce is not a trade peace. we are now going to leave program to go to "squawk box" that begins right now. >> announcer: the global elite are here in davos for the annual gathering for the world economic forum. today, joe's interview with president trump about the economy, stock market and matters important to your money. it's wednesday, january 22 this special four-hour edition of "squawk box" begins right now. >> good morning. we are live from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen joe just sat down with president trump for an interview we want to b

u.s. agrees to 20-year bonds. the treasury department will start issuing new 20-years in the first half of the year as the government looks for ways to fund a rising deficit. vonnie: let's get a quick check on the major averages. holding onto modest gains. the s&p is up seven points to finish out the friday session. banks in a large degree, another set of reports. best performer right now in the s&p 500. an upgrade from citi. the 10-year at 1.83. moving around to 1.84 after the u.s. said it would issue more 20-year bonds. commodities,ng to this will seem incredible to americans and canadians facing massively bad weather in the days ahead, including details. but natural gas is slumping, at a four-year low, below two dollars. that is as we see demand light and up. that is because a broadly warmer temperatures in parts of this continental region. more bad news for those in energy sector who had seen some frustration above three dollars. it's been a tough go for natural gas investors. vonnie: absolutely. not looking forward to tha

u.s. treasury as a manipulator. it is always going to manage the currency.uy: but is it managing it stronger, or trying to? stephen: recently, yes, but the rally in the renminbi is very much related to risk appetite. we are still a good 4% to 5% below where we were in trade rated terms when the trade war kicked off, when it intensified in 2018. we are still quite a ways lower in the rmb. two, iswe go into phase this part of the story, or will he chinese adhere to whatever agreement the putdown in phase one? stephen: that's the problem with the relaxation we have seen in global markets. the problem is it is going to take a very long time to verify whether or not phase one is being adhered to. i think the big picture for the global economy, for the trade situation, for the u.s. dollar, for china. it doesn't really change to 2020. you have geopolitical chess pieces moving around in unprecedented ways all the time. the dollar is the linchpin of the global financial system. there's always constant, steady demand for dollars, and you have a president in the united