shop, worried about the supply chain part of it, and the folks who rush out because they worry about the mail getting there on time, potentially driving this. the federal reserve board is scheduled to meet a half hour from now, is my understanding, for the last time of the year. how are they responding to the higher prices? do we expect them to curtail the support they ve been giving to the economy? when we heard last from jay powell, it was the biggest pivot we ve seen. he said we have to stop calling inflation transitory, we have to start tapering, meaning ending, the monetary support coming out of the fed. that will push interest rates higher. don t freak out, interest rates are currently at zero. interest rates are at zero when we re in a time of crisis. we re not in a time of crisis, we have an economic recovery. the taper is coming sooner than you thought. is it just up to the fed on
creating problem and start to keep it here at home. that is just one component of what you are talking about. but the supply chain part. i think that is really critical. i think this is a wake-up call. why have we didn t this? why do we allow this to happen, to save a few pennies? we send raw materials to china that we get, and they make into a plastic bucket and send it back, we think that is great. i know a lot of conservative economists who still believe that the best way to go. a lot of liberal economists believe that is the best way to go, but looking at pain and agony to opioid crisis and our stature in the world, now challenged by china is a huge mistake. mark: charles payne, my radio show. i had a number of truckers call me, many are