Pay a slightly higher rate on their homes. That will take time. It is likely it may not have as much effect as people fear. There are other factors that would likely keep Mortgage Rates in check. When we survey the economists, they expected the fed to move by september or december at the latest. They predicted the Mortgage Rates would increase maybe a half point by the middle of next year. And some of the other findings, Economic Growth to remain by low 3 through 2017 is the expectation. Wage increases to remain below 3. 5 annual average and many expect hiring to fall to 175,000 a month, which would be down from recent years. Right. So, right. Those are some of the more where people are expecting more moderate but not gang busters growth. There has been this hope where the long run average for the u. S. Economy is about 3 annual growth. We havent had that since the recession. On jobs, we have been getting fairly decent, average, about 240 jobs per month for the last year. As the Unempl
How the president and Incoming Congress can Work Together. Where do you see areas of compromise in which leaders are best positioned to find Common Ground . Our phone lines are open. Host and if you are outside the u. S. You can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages twitter, facebook, and cspan. Org. Takes on the press conferences that have happened in the last couple days to on the Republican Press conferences, this is from the editorialy board. It was good news to hear Mitch Mcconnell say there would be no more government shutdowns and no more default on the national debt. There are ominous signs that the acrimony and still made that have marred most of the past six years will continue for divorce or get worse. Conflict looms over the need to fix the broken immigration system. The other flashpoint is the gop declaration that they remain committed to repealing obamacare rather than working to improve it. The question is whether they will let material from those dis
Africa. So, i think we are seeing a perhaps unplanned, but none the less, an expansion of the chinese ability to deploy ships far beyond regional wars. But not necessarily to the indian ocean or persian gulf. No, they are doing some of that. Since december 2008 of course, theyve had to Counter Piracy formations in the gulf of aden. They are slowly beginning to deploy more and more ships into the indian ocean. The fact that earlier i guess last year, they sent a conventionally powered submarine, certainly has gotten the indian navys attention. The indian navy tends to take an exaggerated view but none the less we are seeing increased distance deployment by the chinese navy. On mikes question, if i remember my World History correctly, there actually arent too many cases of a continental power becoming maritime power. Soviet yoon ontried, failed. Were the only one. So, what china is setting for itself is not a small goal. On allens question, i agree that once you have the capabilities, th
Cyber security and heightened security. Our phone lines are open. We are happy to your thoughts on this topic. The numbers are on the screen. You can also catch up with us on social media. A very good thursday morning to you. We begin today with a headline about a 40 planned assault on the United States capitol, this from the Washington Times this morning. An ohio man planted slotted into a tactic capital, saying he wanted to work with islamic state. The fbi and Homeland Security issued a memo notifying lot basement Law Enforcement agencies across the nation about the memo. That story coming during the week british Prime Minister David Cameron is expected at the white house, and in which he is suggesting banning some online messaging apps. Snack chat and whatsapp are in the crosshairs in britain, according snapped chat and whatsapp are in the crosshairs in britain, according to the article. British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about this yesterday when he was questioned during Pr
Put him on the national map. We want to begin this morning on washington journal by hearing from you on the late mario cuomo , his influence on the democratic party, when you remember about him, etc. Host you can also make a comment via social media. Host mario cuomo 19322015 the opening topic this morning on washington journal. Todd purdom writes in politico that he was the poet laureate of american literalism liberals and, the democratic partys most passionate defender of the underdog and its most articulate critic of the trickledown gospel of reaganomics. A fiercely proud son of immigrants, he believed, as he once put it, that if he could rise to the highest seat in greatest date of the nation, anything was possible. Mario cuomo like to say that politicians campaigned in poetry but governed in prose, and is own accomplishments in 12 years in albany never quite lived up to his highflown rhetoric. Instinctively cautious, he effectively waged a Holding Action against federal retrenchme