target that nato has gemini s up to 1.36 percent so there s still some way to go there germany doesn t like to get involved in combat missions it s jeweled your not war and that s one of the arguments is often made in this relation because germany says you know we put the emphasis on supporting civil society and preventing conflict in conflict regions and germany spends a lot of money there apart from that in recent years germany has got involved in all sorts of overseas military operations there peacekeeping in kosovo they re training in afghanistan they re doing that just ticks in mali and they re also involved in the anti i-s. coalition in iraq and syria of course alongside the united states and these foreign missions we should remind ourselves have only become possible since the end of the cold war in the 1990 s. politically in germany now the nato 2 percent spending threshold that s just one
unnerved. when is the last time the ten-year bond went up? it s going up slowly. the low was 1.36 in 2016. do you know what the high was? shepard: no. 15% in 1981. we ve been in a period of falling rates ever since. that what everybody is used to. that s the world we know. the world we know is a world of low interest rates. mortgage rates low. credit card rates lowish. shepard: that is when i was in high school. not anymore. shepard: a mortgage would be 17, 18%. so we planned to build this house. 17, 18% for a mortgage? that s what everybody paid. you can t believe it now. you can t convince millennials. yeah, it happened. ander with having a turn around in interest rates and it s affecting the stock market big time. let me tell you, last friday we had a record in all three major indexes. we were at record highs. january has been the biggest
he lost his sight and both legs and became after that the first blind double amputee to reenlist in the marines. a brave fellow. he will be there tonight. shepard: incredible story. thanks, john. the president says he s been trying to get a deal done on immigration and that tonight he will make his case as best he can during the state of the union address. we ll preview that with fox news sunday chris wallace. one of the big news comes out of new york city. the dow is tanking. the dow has been down as much as 400 points today. it was down about 360 at the moment. 1.36%. the nasdaq off .8 and the s&p off a full percentage point. we ll be watching that and explain what triggered this with less than an hour to go less than a closing bell on a busy news day from the russell rotunda in the nation s capitol. good to have you in. my day starts well before
and delta air. according to a regulatory filing. reports claim he took stakes in northwest recently. all enjoying a buffett bounce. up 7% in pre-market trading. he did not say what caused his change of heart. of course, a big drop in jet fuel prices. stocks are climbing, but bonds crushed. the yield on the ten-year treasury hit 2.3% on monday. a jump from the 1.7% before the election. as low as 1.36 this summer. one described it as a violent move to the trump economic plans. that spike is big. it only happened three times in the past decade. it means borrowing will get more expensive for the government and public. a lot of loan rates are tied to
on monday. all of those stocks are enjoying a buffett bounce. up 7% in pre-market trade. they are taking flight. buffett didn t say what caused his change of heart on the airline industry. a crash in the price of jet fuel. stocks are climbing, but bonds are getting crushed. the yield on the ten-year treasury spiking to 2.3% on monday. incredible jump from the 1.7% before the election. it was as low as 1.36 this summer. one said this move is a violent reaction to trump s economic plans. the spike is so big, it happened three times in the past decade. this shows trump s plans will add to the debt load and inflation to rise and borrowing will be more expensive for the government and consumer. you will likely see mortgage