the notes from the us central bank s last meetings show policy makers are feeling better about inflation. they a . ree better about inflation. they agree with better about inflation. they agree with investors - better about inflation. they agree with investors that i better about inflation. tie: agree with investors that rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree that that will come down this year. but they offer no clues as to how or when that will happen. just to remind viewers it started raising rates in march 2022. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark weight to a range of five and a quarter to five and a half percent. inflation had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. new data out on wednesday showed the number of job out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to a .70 9 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour, but it is still way above pre labels. that is consistent with the goal to slow the
russian mercenary troops in bakhmut says he is pulling his forces out. and just days before title 42 rules run out at the southern border, republicans and democrats are finally working together on a fix for immigration. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, i m christine romans. we start with the special forces manhunt for a killer in a country that is not used to seeing mass murders. the manhunt now over with the arrest of a man suspected of killing at least eight people and wounding 13 others just south of serbia s capital. this is their second mass shooting in as many days. scott mclean is live near one of the sites of the attack. in the united states unfortunately we re numb to this kind of thing here, but this is really unusual for serbia. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, people were really shocked when we were asking for directions this morning, one person pointed us back to belgrade assuming the shooting we were asking
protest this stuff. we also have a select committee on the weaponization of government. this applies directly to them. i think you ll see actions from them. robert costello is set to appear before the manhattan grand jury. i think he has inside knowledge, and we should be paying attention. the city of miami beach is now imposing a spring break curfew after a second deadly shooting. there are a lot of policemen, way more security guards. they need to shut it off, take the party off the streets. ubs takeover of credit suisse has laid the foundation for greater stability . we have more of a crisis with the second and third tier banks. this whole tranche of banks has been under regulated for five years now, and people are very concerned about when you lift the hood, what s under the hood. arkansas pulls off the upset, down goes kansas. no repeat chance this year. put in a lot of work. good morning, everyone. and thank you for joining us on this monday mornin
shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still is, would it also threaten the broader market and the banking system? so far the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady closing the day mixed though shares in regional banks similar to the ones that failed did take a beating. joining us shortly former treasury secretary lawrence summers who accurately predicted the inflation to walk us through what he thinks of the federal response so far including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident their deposits will be there if and when they need them. in addition we have cnn s christine romans and phil mattingly on this tonight. we begin with christine. so is the threat of contagion in the financial markets, does that seem to have passed? these two banks in particular, they put a big ring around these banks and stopped the fire here and made essentially the depositors whole. these are people who would have to go a
two banks. both with deep ties to the tech industry. the collapse of fat silicon valley bank in the bay area and signature bank here in new york shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still as, what it also threaten the broader market in the banking system so so far, the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady, closing the day mix shares in regional banks amongst the ones that failed to take a beating. joining shortly, lawrence summer, who actually predicted the current high insulation to walk us through the coming days and weeks and what he thinks about the federal response so far. including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident that their deposits will be there, if and when they need them. in addition to secretary summers, we have cnn s kristen romans and phil mattingly on this for us tonight. christine, on your money, and fill, on the white house response and what comes next. we begin with christin