WILL CREATE PRODUCTIVITY BEFORE INFLATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT. FRANCINE: HOW DO YOU THINK OF OIL AND HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.IF THIS LASTS FOR WEEKS, TWO MONTHS, ARE WE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE. JAMIE: IT IS A BIG DEAL AND EVERY DAY GETS A LITTLE WORSE. I DON'T KNOW.I HOPE IT GETS RESOLVED. IN THE INTEREST OF THE U.S., AND THE IRANIAN REGIME, NOT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, BUT SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING, CHINA REDUCED THEIR DEMAND BY 5 BILLION -- 5 MILLION BARRELS A DAY. AMERICA IN ...

♪ ANNOUNCER: NEWS MAKERS AND MARKET MOVERS. THIS IS "THE PULSE" WITH FRANCINE LACQUA. FRANCINE: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO "THE PULSE." I’M FRANCINE LACQUA HERE IN LONDON. OIL STEADY AFTER LOSING 8% IN THE PREVIOUS SESSION AS THE U.S. AND IRAN WEIGH FRESH PROPOSALS TO END THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. UNDER PRESSURE TO END THE CONFLICT PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN HAS AGREED TO CONCESSIONS.PRES. TRUMP: IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. BECAUSE AS TOUGH AS THEY ARE, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. WE WANT TO ...

RT Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston)Secretaries of Defence and State spend all day talking about how Project Freedom is super necessary and a fantastic successTrump then abruptly calls off the two day old policy to “guide” ships through Hormuz.The Strait remains closed.Oil falls, equity markets rally./scene https://t.co/HHCkg79DR2 ...