They really appreciate the military family, we have two reports. Diana olick on the state of real and it really ow weve got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. Estate. But first, Steve Liesman, on had an accident with a vehicle, where the economy may go next. I actually called usaa before a look ahead is this weeks we called the police. Usaa was there handson reporter 2018 could be a very quick very prompt. Year of big change for monetary i feel like were being handled as people and fiscal polha that actually have a genuine need. Were the webber family and we are first, growth in the u. S. Could usaa members for life. Average 2. 5 to maybe as much as usaa, 3 as the u. S. Gets a lift from get your insurance quote today. Overseas growth, better domestic resolution 1 binge more. Demand and stimulus from a tax join the uncarrier, and get four unlimited lines for only forty bucks each. Improvement from the past several years. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. The question is whether those gains can last or if theyre second, the u. S. Budget deficit so, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit is likely to rise next year and and you get yours. Will need better growth to bring watch however you want. In more revenue to pay the tax on your phone, tablet, or tv. For just forty bucks per line. With no extra charges. And finally the fed is likely to lets rock this joint hike Interest Rates three times, all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. As new chairman Jerome Powell takes the helm. And heres a course for the fed along the lines of his predecessor janet yellen. If growth really takes off the fed coul airlines are flying high. 2017 saw a big slowdown in even with low fuel prices, and the housing market. Not in prices but in home sales low fares, major carriers are because there was nothing to forecasting record profits. Buy. Reporter phil lebeau has more on the industrys flight plan. Sales slow more. Reporter the Airline Sales could become even more industry ises sluggish as the supply situation warsens. Yes, Home Builders will continue thanks to Strong Demand in the slowly and mostly in the worlds key markets. From the u. S. , to china, to moveup market, not the entry europe, airlines are expecting level where millennial demand is. Earrecord highest. That could squeeze wouldbe thats one reason why Global Buyers back onto the sidelines. Profits for carriers are prices pushed higher. Forecast to top 38 billion, all that demand without much which would be an alltime high. Supply will keep the heat on home prices and affordability will become a much bigger issue. One reason profits will especially now that the increase, because airline fees and revenues will keep climbing republican tax plan wipes out high. Valuable deductions for property taxes, and mortgag from checked bags, to changed mortgage reform. Reservations, airlines are the biggest move in 2018 could projected to rake in more than be in the mortgage market. 57 billion in revenue from and the elephants in it, namely those fees. As much as passengers may complain about the fees, they fannie mae and freddie mac. Ar. Talk is finally heating up in congress to reform the system finally, expect to see low cost and private investors seem not only ready, but eager, to get carriers continue to expand in 2018. As for mortgage rates, most spirit, and frontier see more predict they will move higher. Routes they can add here in the but most predicted that for the past two. U. S. , as they expand domestically. Low Cost International carriers, our thanks there to diana like norwegian air, will olick and Steve Liesman. Here with some money moves to continue adding routes from europe to the u. S. Get the new year off to a smart setting up two 2018 to become a start is personal finance expert very busy, and very profitable, stacy tisdale. I mean the smart part of this is year for an Airline Industry coming into play, because theres so much unknown about well, is there a secret what were moving into for 2018. Formula for finding the cheapest lets take, first, the new tax reform law. How shall we plan ahead for what airfare . Hopper is a travel app where you will affect how much we pay to search for flights and it tells the government . This is the year that its you if you should buy now or more important than ever that wait. Patrick surrey is chief analyst people sit down with an accountant or a financial at hopper. Professional. E the way you do tell me how this works. How do you know whether you buy now or wait and get a the standard deduction was lastminute deal . Doubled. Itemizing might not be right for were collecting a huge you anymore. Amount of data. We saw all of this chaos around Something Like 10 billion price itineraries every single day and prepaying the real estate taxes. Were looking at that over the and were still not quite sure last several years to tell you how that works. Whether we think that price will and, in fact, unless your real go up or down. Estate was actually assessed in for the best price, how far in advance is really the most 2017, all of that prepaying might be for naught. Planning that you should do for and people have time. So many people are worried about buying your flights . It depends a little bit on this affecting them right now. Where youre going. If youre flying domestically this is 2018, this is going to happen when you pay your taxes its typically three to four weeks. But at a popular time like a in spring of 2019. So you have the time to really vacation week, it may be six or even eight. Is there a certain time of see how it plays out, but talk the week or a certain time of to a professional this year. Story tuesday. Ou hav you b get . Theres no way around that. We just heard from Steve Liesman that Interest Rates are expected to rise. What does that mean for us in and i think maybe in the old terms of how much we pay on days that used to be the case. Credit cards, and mortgages, and but now youre fighting this auto loans . Army of computers. Interest rates are still so so statistically speaking, low, but t. Theres a very small advantage if you shop in the hour after so that means people in an midnight on tuesday. Adjustable rate mortgage, for probably because thats when example, might want to consider moving to a fixed rate. Whats really of concern when airlines are kicking off these flash sales and thats one of you look at the Overall Economic the few things that still gets trends t. Done by people. How does hopper make money . Credit card debt has gotten so were a travel agency. So if you book your ticket high, but if you look at the things that people are putting through hopper, w on their credit cards, its oftenright . Health care, its just covering their cost of living. So 90 of the time youre not but we have over a trillion dollars in Credit Card Debt. Going to do any worse following we have to get this our recommendations. Youll tend to save about 10 to 15 on your ticket. You mentioned that health who are your users . Care is one of the things that people put on their credit so, were skewed obviously toward younger users. Cards. Some of this happens because the Something Like 70 of our users. So the idea with hopper is, you unexpected happens. There are emergencies. Tell us the trip you want to how do we prepare for natural take, and put your phone in your disasters and emergencies, pocket and go play with your kids. Whether th wildfires, or and then well send you a whether its a medical emergency . Notification a say hey, now is the time to buy. So you put your dates in, and when it comes to weather related emergencies, you have to the place where you want to go, be clear on your insurance and then you get an alert . Righ coverage. So i urge everybody, in the so it saves you that, you know, first couple of months of the hours of Online Shopping and year, give yourself a timetable, trying to comparison shop review your insurance coverage. Yourself, whic but most important, make sure frustrating. Do you factor in all that you have access to your airlines . I know when you use some carriers contact information. You want to have an emergency websites that check oairfare kit, so if you have to run out of y the are some exclusions. You want to have like 500 in for instance southwest doesnt show up on a lot of those cash in your house. Choices. Because how many hurricanes did southwest is definitely an we see knock out atms . Exclusion. There are some airlines that knock out banks for awhile. Dont distribute their fares widely. 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Urge to smokl its the best thing that ever happened to me. Here are the stories coming up that might affect your money this week. Monday is new years day. The markets will be closed. And of course a lot of people will be home tryin tuesday Marks National personal trainer day. And what better day, really, as everybodys trying to keep their new years resio on wednesday well see how much Construction Spending there was in november. Well also get auto sale and on friday well see how many jobs were gained or lost in t this year we saw trends like smart speakers explode in making news as we head into a new week on the money. Popularity. Year. N sold 11 millionch the new year will bring a raise for millions of workers. Beginning january 1st, new laws and with here, what trends will emerge . In 18 states and 20 citiesil joining us to discuss it is hike the minimum wage for large anthony hau of tech crunch and businesses. Amounts vary, from 8. 30 up 15 an hour in chris valesco of gadget. I adopted smart speakers this the federal minimum wage remains from 79 down to 29. The same at 7. 25 an hour, where thats much cheaper than a new fe i can consider myself an early adopter. It. Iphone. And comanuary 1st, what are we expecting to see fo californias recreational stocks climbed during the years Marijuana Industry will be open final week. The dow setting a record on for business. But in order to grow, wince when i say this, but thursday. The 71st time in 2017. Distribute, and sell legal pot, essentially making that mobile. Weve got toys like the r2d2 the most of any year. Businesses will need a license from the state. Which is very much like blurring the s p 500 and nasdaq both had and so far, very few he be the line between a toy and a gi parce service our jane wellsor robot, becau ac control it from your iphone. It has a sense of personality. Are there going to be other robots that help me accomplish expecting record vume crazy big the legaleational something . I think that there are certain things they can do now marijuana California Apple is apologizing to iphone that help look like just a smart might be, head ten miles offdes speaker they can take users. Angry that the did photographs and i think maybe youre going to start to see to slow down older iphones to them edge into security, for january, cut thef a new bucks example like the curry robots popu so that wath can tell not just who you are, but like when this is a fun family activity, and lets snap into a jail. Rit . Ompany which a photo of this because youre probably going to want to capture this and youre not going to want to step out and say lets take a photo. Bought the tiny town of nipton moms are rejing near the nevada border for 5 so we can actually show up in rought money into the u the pictures. This is a real problem. Its a thing you know. Speaking of smartphones, theyre town, which we not just for cameras anymore. We use them as personal rephere assistants. Of course. For alarms and ordering groceries, and all of that. Ga st. Problem, though, is oh, you look down and your battery is dead. Where are we going with sma them. Nlyanded out a couple charging . So whats really interesting, weve seen this come to the fore last year, but this 2018 is shaping up to be the year where is california rea for j we really see a Wireless Charging break out of these traditional sort of forms. This to me is not i get traditional. Im still plugging mine into the wall unit. Here we have a charging pad. This is where you just what lay your phone against it . Exactly. You lay your smartphone on top ten dianswers. Of it, and it charges while you reporter califorcoec taxes, sleep. Which is great. But it does require you to sit there and be okay with not Everyone Wants in. Holding your phone for awhile. Even silicon valley. Theres still a wire. Baker is a bay exactly. What were going see this year, keting a dozens of Cannabis Stores and two companies at least received fcc approval to do fullon thinks the skys o Wireless Charging. If youre sitting within a certain range of a transmitter going to fall down. It doesnt. You could be doing whatever on there will be challenges. Your phone and its pulling but we think it will catch up n power over the air from this transmitter. What about laptops, chris . Are we seeing real innovations quickly. Repor onl angeles has receiv in the way were using our temporary licensepure californi portable computers . I think what were seeing a lot of is slap tops sort of Company Called moxie, is becoming more like our converting this warehouse io smartphones and tablets. Fality to make cannabis qualcomm and a few of its partners recently worked out a products for both recreational system called always connected and medical retailers, ahad to pcs where youve got the same chip in your smartphone going into a laptop so theyre not quite as powerful as a licenses we anticipate it costs up to traditional machine. But they turn on almost 75,000. And theres several other licensth. Instantly. Their battery life will last just about all day and theyll always be connected to wireless data. Reporter expect than a i dont get it. Because i use my tablet like a few potholes come computer. It has the key board right i think my biggest thing there. Whats the advantage now of a would be, a like new fangled laptop . A christmas wish, tha d uncerta a lot of people use windows, theyre very used to it. Its been part of their work and personal life for a really long time. Th gives you the flexibility to use the platform youve exam o certain, they always been using. More importantly for people like me, i travel with a lot of like god it just doesnt move usb dongles and sd cards and i commerce forward. It doesnt move humanity forward. R no matter what ppens,nipto. Cant get that stuff into my ipad. I just bought a new califnia Officials Say television within the last ey will tech dle try month, leadup to christmas, merry christma to me, and i am amazed at the voice commands that it uses. I really dont need this to be save your wired to cable anymore, because and later, smart speakers if i use bluetooth, i can get and fitness wearables were the hot holiday c everything come nothing my television, asis. No need for a roku stick. Tell me what innovations were going to see in screens hanging on the walls . Oled Technology Makes the image brighter and clearer. But to your point this is going to be this stick is going to become less and less relevant. I dont think its going away any time sooor streaming featur going to be built directle tele control. One of the big themes is going to be integration with Google Assistant and amazon alexa. All right, anthony, chris, so great to talk to you. Im consid officially arl thank you. And that is the show for today. Im contessa brewer. Becky will be n week. Thank you so much for joining us. Next week those holiday bills are coming. How to tackle Credit Card Debt wisely. Each week keep it right here. We are on the money. Hope you have a great one. Well see you next weeken. Right now on nbc 10 news today, dangerous cold. Were tracking thesubfreezing m blast that will take us into the new year. Frigid football the feels like temps will be in the Single Digits when the eagles take on the cowboys today. Were li a go. Th years day. The bone chilling cold wont annual p may keep some of the crowdat good morning. This is nbc 10ewsanks for being. Im rosemary connors. Its 5 30 on this sunday. Our first alert continues because of that dangerouscold