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ngman, 27.59M) reports, "The president was joined Wednesday by his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Attorney General William Barr, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matthew Alben

mer," calling them "war zones." In a meeting with Attorney General Barr and "other federal officials" at the White House

cessarily elevated. If lawmakers deem additional stimulus is warranted, the Journal suggests cutting the payroll tax would be a better alternative. Bernanke: Giving State Governments Aid Will Help Economic Recovery. In an op- ed for the New York Times (7/15, Bernanke, 18.61M), former Federal Reserve Chair

pgrades CAKE & downgrades PFCB/SQNM/CTRP Key Research: Ticonderoga initiates CE (buy), Janney downgrades BMI, SunTrust downgrades CAD Key Research: William Blair initiates DLLR/FNGN/GDOT/MGI/WXS (op's) & ADS/DFS (mp's) & assumes AXP/CATM/MA/V/WU/COF Reporting Pre-Open: BAC, CHKP, EMX, FRX, GPC, GS, GWW, HOG,

& retail sales domestically points China to a possible softer landing). S&P off 0.26% (1191) this morning ahead of RAC #'s out at 7am (GS @ 8am) and Bernanke speaking today @ 12:30pm in Boston ***PPI @ 8:30am, Housing Market Index @ 10am*** ***BAC & GS #'s pre-open, AAPL/INTC/CSX/JNPR/YHOO/ISRG after cl

Holding (COMM), Sprague Resources (SRLP), Endurance International (EIGI) IPO's (filing/priced): Ulthera (ULTH) files $86.3M IPO through JPM, Citi, William Blair and Canaccord, Heritage Insurance Holdings (1598665) files for $100M IPO through Citi, Papa Murphy's Holdings (FRSH) launches IPO (anticipated prici

on the lightest volume day of the year by far, SPA's are currently flat = 1864.30 last. "'House Price Index @ 9am, Existing Home Sales @ 10am*" ""Bernanke speaks @ 11:45am, China Flash PMI for April tonight" ***BK, CMCSA, HOG, IPG, ITW, MCD, OMC, RF, SPG, TRV, UTX, XRX pre-open"' n'AMGN, DFS, FTI, GI

D/LIFE (hold), Stifel initiates OMTH (buy) ••• Wells initiates CHS/KORS/ANF/GPS/URBN (op) & ANN/JWN/KSS/LULU/M/RUE/TJX/TIF/AEO (mp) & JCP (up) ;••• William Blair initiates CMRX (op), Opco upgrades APO, Piper initiates OMTH (ow), JPM downgrades RBS ;••• JMP downgrades IRF, Wells initiates WAC (mp) Europe Key

, Earnings (AES, APA, CVC, DF, PCP, WIN, XRAY, CFN, NVDA) EFTA00390878 Friday: Treasury Budget Statement, G8 Fin Min / central bank meeting (UK), Bernanke speaks at Chicago Fed conference, Earnings (BECN, TRLG, ADEP) Key Events on the Horizon May26/27 — Mayoral elections in 720 cities across Italy J

daries (announced/priced): VSTM, RLGY, CASM, EOM IPO's (filed/priced): NRG Yield (NYLD) 19.6M class A share IPO priced at $22 US Key Research: ••• William Blair initiates CIEN/INFN (op's) & JDSU/FNSR (mp's), Piper cuts HOLX ••• RBC initiates FIG (op), Susq initiates NOW (positive) & WDAY/DATA (neutral) •••

the text will be released pre-open at 8:30am. SPA's -4 handles = 1667 last. ***Mortgage Apps @ 7am, Housing Starts @ 8:30am, Beige Book @ 2pm*** "*Bernanke's testimony to House Panel released @ 8:30am (delivers testimony @ 10am)*** ***ABT, BAC, BK, GWW, MAT, MTB, NTRS, PNC, STJ, TXT, USB #'s pre-open'""

Federal Reserve. Bank of St. Louis Working Paper Series, Working Paper 2015-015A. pp. 8-9. https://research.stlouisfed.org/ wp/2015/2015-015.pdf Barro, Robert J.: Rational Expectations and the Role of Monetary Policy. Journal of Monetary Economics; pp. 1-32, January 1976; Past performance is no

f St. Louis, noted in a recent review, taking a broader historic perspective: "The theory behind QE is not well-developed .. Evidence in support of Bernanke's view of the channels through which OE works is at best mixed... Much of the work on the quantitative effects of QE consists of event studies, whe