Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. Funded by these television companies, and more. Washington journal continues. Host we welcome you back to the luncheon. Talk with us about the state of housing in the u. S. And focus here on Interest Rates and the increase in Interest Rates. Good morning. Thank you for having me. The base point Interest Rates were announced last week. What does that mean for Mortgage Rates in particular in the months ahead . Lets look at what happened 12 months ago, 18 months ago, to today. You had been close to 3 . Today, it is near 7 . This is due to the most aggressive Interest Rate hike policy since the 1980s. Personally, i would disagree with that assessment. There is more indication that inflation will come down further. There is a long impact of monetary policy. It appears to be rolling along. I think the mortgage is priced in. The question is, what is the direction of the future . Any further increases will push up Mortgage Rates up even higher. What
Pick up led light bulbs. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, im julia chatterley. Scarlet im scarlet fu. Joe im joe weisenthal. Equity is little changed in the dollar adds to its losses. Joe the question is, whatd you miss . Borish, we have peter the quite group chief strategist the quad group chief strategist joining us. Murkowskiator lisa has agreed to kill the obamacare individual mandate. What does that do enough to pass the measure . Issue guaranteed yes vote . And retailers pull out all the stops in an effort to survive. Friday will be a make or break day for struggling brick and mortar chains. We have breaking news. Broadcom is said to be considering a higher bid for qualcomm, according to reuters. This is just days after qualcomm rival broadcoms takeover bid. Make thee deal could Worlds Largest chipmaker. The original bid was valued at
Fire special Council Robert mueller. What a bay area congresswoman now says about the possibility. Congresswoman jackie spears spoke to us a few hours ago in San Francisco. Kpix 5 joe vazquez on what she said as well as President Trumps response tonight. Reporter the caught up with congresswoman jackie spear here at city hall this afternoon following mayor ed lees memorial service. She told me the rumor about firing mueller is very strong. The rumors have swirled around the capitol hallways. Reporter its unverified, but also very specific. She says she hears the president plans to get rid of special Council Robert mueller as soon as next week. The rumor last week was he was going to fire him on the 22nd of december when congress is no longer it in session, we are all home, we are all celebrating the holidays. It would be a stroke of madness if the president were to do that. Reporter as he returns from camp david tonight, reporters asked the president if he indeed plans to fire mueller.
Joe vasquez is rumor of muellers firing is very strong. Swirl around capital hallways. Track its unverified, admits democratic congresswoman jackie speier. But als hears the president plans to reporter it is unverified, but also very specific admits jackie spear, the democratic councilwoman. The rumor last week was that he was going to fire him on the 26th of december when congress is all home, we are celebrating the holidays. Re dismissed from the probe for sharing anti trump text messages. sot cornyn 1239 u. S. Sen. John cornyn rtexas i think these conflicts of interest jeopardize the integrity of his investigation. Track mueller fired the fbi investigator earlier this month. On the nightbeat, joe vazquez, kpix5. a police in san ramon are looking for whomever fired a flare reporter in a seven page lawyer the president s Transition Team lawyer describes the acquiring as unlawful and extensively used the materials in question. The materials were obtained from the General Services admin
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by do you have the papers . The white house has been lying about the vietnam war for 30 years whats next . Youre talking about exposing government secrets. Is that legal . What is it you think we do here for a living, kid . If we publish this, we could all go to prison. If theres a way to destroy you, nixon will find it im asking your advice, not for your permission. What are you going to do . The post. What are you talking about . I always wanted to be part of a small rebellion. Rated pg13. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and