it s gone green across the board. most indexes hovering around the 2% morning. travel sector doing particularly well, the travel sector has seen the biggest one-day gain since november 2020. we re trying to work out why that is, broad-based positivity around easing border restriction, easing travel restrictions, vaccines, for example, more people, the german airline up 6% or more. and you mentioned the fed announcement. that s what we re keeping at, jay powell with that announcement around 2:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon. the markets have largely priced in an expectation of a rate hike in march. the big question we re hearing from economists could it be even more than that in march. but even bigger will the fed start tapering its balance sheet. how will they do it, how aggressive will they be, will they start or end with
i fought for means testing in medicare. i fought for raising the age limit on future retirees. that was completely rejected. those things i think make a big difference on our entitlement trajectory. i just don t see that kind of thing happening. but i would like to think it s a step in the right direction which maybe we can work on tax reform. maybe there are some other things we can get done. the fed will start tapering. i want to get a foundation underneath this economy, get people back to work and getting this divided government working at a minimal level. that s what i mean. congressman, talking about getting people back to work, extension of unemployment benefits is not part of this deal. they run out december 28th. what are the prospects for doing something about that problem before the 28th. where are you. would you vote for or against the extension? they want to put this in this agreement without any offsets which would have blown a $20 to