screeching and whining and crying and gnashing of teeth, i don t think you can do that from tweets and these disjointed interviews where a lot of times there aren t even complete thoughts. that s why the whole article, even then when you read the whole article, natuo s alliance is not news, saying that makes headlines. it leaves european allies and we should be strengthening and solidifying at this stage our allies, we need our allies. instead he, again, seems to be picking a fight with them. yes, a lot of nato countries don t pay what they should pay. balkan states don t. they are working on getting to it. they should. they will get it in there. but so we ll see. what s remarkable, the dollar strong, markets strong, the markets seem to hate uncertainty. that s what i think he
sooner had yellen added that sentence that traders started selling stocks, took it as a sign that the federal reserve was ready to raise interest rates some day which they all kind of knew was going to be coming some day. but why did janet have to be so damn honest and say it s coming some day? why couldn t she be vague like central bankers are supposed to be? why couldn t she be more obtuse like that ben bernanke guy or talk about challenging economic headwinds like that alan greenspan guy? why did janet have to be so, what is the word, clear? it is amazing to me how markets, which supposedly hate uncertainty, sell off when someone tries to provide them certainty or as much certainty as at least she can. that s a rookie mistake? telling the truth is a rookie mistake. then i ve got to hear what she said again because she seemed pretty measured and not at all rookie nutty to me.
barbara, california, where drivers are forking over $3.41 a gallon. for some it s crossed the threshold where we begin to make sacrifices elsewhere. well, maybe i don t go out tonight because i have to spend money on gas. reporter: some experts are comparing today s prices to hies elly 1 oy s prices to gasoline by the end of 2012, which they also fear could trigger another recession. all food that s delivered by truck, by plane, by train becomes more expensive. reporter: and then they re the question of egypt. oil industry speculators notoriously hate uncertainty, so instability in egypt, which controls the suez canal, isn t helping. some analysts believe we could be looking at $5 a gallon gasoline by the end of 2012, which they also fear could trigger another recession. rob and vinita? an investigation is already under way following a huge fire at a petroleum plant outside of
going to have problems. if the debt market gets very, very kind of tumultuous, it could potentially affect our national debt as well. so, with all that uncertainty out there, in addition, that big question hanging over yesterday s stock market, what caused that 1,000-point drop. investors get nervous. they hate uncertainty and i would add that small businesses and people doing hiring also hate uncertainty. even though the report today was very good compared to what s it s been, we re still not seeing a recovery. thanks. political deadlock in the u.k. starts off our world view. in the most highly contested election, one thing is clear. britain faces a hung parliament.