Coming together. Edward lawrence with the very latest. Reporter thanks for that intro, neil. President donald trump on twitter calling for more Federal Reserve rate cuts to take on china. Also help keep the economic expansion going. The president also saying he expected that drop in the dow this week but also expects ultimately a bounceback. I would have maybe anticipated even more but ultimately it is going go much higher than it ever would have gone. China was like a anchor on us. China was killing us with unfair trade deals. China, what they were doing to us, for years and years, taking hundreds of billions of dollars out, stealing intellectual property, targeting our farmers, all of that ending. Reporter this the price of taking on china now. Add into the drop of the 10year yield, helping the president s case for more rate cuts, falling to a lowest level since october 2016. The trade dispute more than a year old, hotter than ever now. Some experts say this could be a prolonged trad
As appropriate to sustain the expansion of the fed sees longer run federal funds rate dropping from 2. 8 to 2. 5 . On inflation the fed closely monitoring inflation at it point. The forecast is for headline inflation to fall 1. 5 this year. The fed sees core inflation slipping to 1. 8 . Then in 2021 the fed sees a reversal, inflation rising back to 2 . On gdp the fed forecast as 2. 1 in 2019. The fed lowered outlook for unemployment this year to 3. 6 . The fed sees the labor market as strong right now but they say the rising economy at a moderate rate. Now the data shows that Consumer Spending picked up but Business Investment softened. Fed sees uncertain forecast of economy, jobs, ininflation. Very interesting statement but no rate cut today. Looking at one fed president or one fed vote away from a rate cut this year. Two fed votes away from two rate cuts this year. Back to you, charles. Charles edward lawrence, thank you very much thats a whole lot. Here to unpack it all, Danielle Di
want polls to telegraph what they ll do. more often than no, some of those polls don t remotely turn out to match the actual vote. so when we have had a chance to go out and talk to people here, they say the same thing. don t tell me how i m going to vote. they look at trends and events that can change often hour by hour let alone day by day. in this state, where it s all on the line, they greatly take pride in knowing that they are the first primary state in the nation. they plan to take full advantage of that and keep the rest of us guessing. yeah, i support trump. i m an accountant. nikki says she wants an accountant in the white house. it s a good idea. not her. right now we have the highest level of enthusiasm that anybody has seen ever. more people need to vote. neil: do you have a candidate yourself? do i? yes. for now. i m supporting nikki haley. get out tomorrow, take five friends with you. if you do that, chris said he s bringing good weather. we ll have
and she s already told me that if it s snowing or ice you re going to come pick-me-up in your four-wheel drive pickup. we know what cold weather is, just have to warm the car up and put another coat on. the weather never stopped us, blizzards, cold, rain, snow, it doesn t make any difference. neil: they re a hearty bunch, the iowans. but not the airport. and there s great food. that was not meant to be and we had to stay in new york, which isn t a bad alternative, it s beautiful here, but the backdrop in midtown manhattan is slightly different than the beautiful state of iowa and des moines where we will be because we re flowing out after this show for the big event on monday and all weekend coverage. in the meantime, there s this nasty cold wave that you ve heard a lot about, not only affecting iowa. in michigan, it s one doozy of a storm and certainly record low temperatures and in grand rapids, max. it s not as cold as iowa, but chilly temperatures in the 20 s and qu
make. and we ll be the first time something like this is happening on social media. with real-time questions and answers. not scripted. yeah, he will become the seventh declared candidate following tim scott, who is facing new racially charged attacks on his bid. here s the view doubling town today. he s like clarence thomas, black republican who believes in pulling himself by your bootstrap rather understanding the systemic race as that african americans face. he doesn t get it. neither does clarence. that s why they re republicans. tim scott responded just a short time ago. quaking in their boots. when an african american conservative that believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, they push back. that s a good sign we re on the right message. let s bring in tomi lahren, host of tomi lahren is fearless on outkick.com and juan williams. juan, to you first. i want your thoughts on ron desantis jumping in the race, the timing, the format. elon