Iran is set to initiate negotiations with the US in the coming days

FED MIRAN: I THINK WE NEED TO CUT RATES MORE THAN A POINT THIS YEAR FED'S MIRAN: WARSH IS A FANTASTIC CHOICE TO LEAD FED - FOX BUSINESS ... MIRAN: DON'T SEE A LOT OF STRONG PRICE PRESSURES IN ECONOMY FED'S MIRAN : MARKET YIELDS HAVEN'T GONE UP BY THAT MUCH MIRAN: LONG-TERM YIELDS UP PARTLY ON BETTER GROWTH EXPECTATIONS

TRUMP SIGNS BILL TO END PARTIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TRUMP: NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN ARE STILL HAPPENING THIS WEEK, IRAN WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ...

BARKIN: FED IS FACING A DIFFERENT QUESTION NOW, WITH INFLATION ABOVE TARGET, THAN THE GREENSPAN-LED FED DID IN THE 1990S FED'S BARKIN SAYS HE IS VERY FRIENDLY TO THE NOTION THAT INFLATION MIGHT COME DOWN, BUT LOOKING TO SEE IT FED'S BARKIN SAYS HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT RISKS TO EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION - FED'S POLICY RATE IS NOW AT HIGHER END OF ESTIMATES OF NEUTRAL - HE HEARS OVERWHELMINGLY FROM COMPANIES THAT DEMAND IS FINE, NOT 'FROTHY' FED'S BARKIN: PRODUCTIVITY IS COMING NOT JUST FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BUT FROM COMPANIES WANTING TO LIMIT HIRING, ADAPTING TO PAST LABOR SHORTAGES - HE DOES NOT KNOW WARSH WELL, BUT THAT FED CHAIR NOMINEE SEEMS CAPABLE AND CHARISMATIC Fed's Barkin: I will do the job Congress set for me, and I trust that is what the new Fed chair will do as well.