come in stronger than expected. which suggests that the ultimate level of interest rates is likely to be higher than previously anticipated. if the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes. steve: okay. so, increase the pace, increase the amount. ultimately, if you have anything on credit, it s going to cost you more and it s going to make it much harder to buy a house. first of all, i think anybody that wanted to buy a house probably bought a house when the boom happened. you could have sold your house and made tons of money. steve: if you could find something. a lot of people down sized. people wanted to retire early. things like that. or move to a cheaper state. obviously people are moving around a lot across the country after covid that played a part in it. by the end of the year see mortgage rates 8%. years ago they used to be 9 and 10. when my parents bought their first house i thi
but that totally contradicts what he said. so he was aware of the consequences concern. howard: yeah. when he said this, but, you know, once it happened, he obviously has some regrets. howard: yeah. leslie, scott adams now says what he meant was that black people disproportionately live in poor neighborhoods, and poor neighborhoods are likely to have a high crime rate. look, he s a writer, he knows the impact of words, and he didn t say it that way. he said stay the hell away from black people. he said nothing like what he s claiming [laughter] he meant, sorry. honestly, i think i have seen dilbert once in my life. i m very familiar with it although not a follower. i was on a panel the other day where one of the guys was a huge scott adams fan, he listened to his podcast and he also would read dilbert, and at first he said i bet he did the on purpose. he s got tons of money, he wants to retire, and and he kind of wants to throw a grenade and watch everybody scatter but, clearly
me too. i thought he was going to testify. i didn t know if it was for the defense or the prosecution. crazy cousin eddie has a rap sheet. she s the drug supplier martha: tons of money and checks went to him and escalated according to the netflix documentary and escalated right before the murders. $23,000, $10,000. we know he s capable of trying to shoot somebody in the head. where was crazy cousin eddie when all of this was going on? crazy cousin eddie may have been familiar were the dogs. another they ary is if somebody is lying in wait, why weren t the dogs going crazy over a stranger being in the woods? they probably know crazy cousin eddie. so didn t matt other the dogs. good point. john marvin was also on the stand today. this is the brother of alec murdaugh. one of the first people that he called. we don t have this turned around
woe row, what do you make of the rates, are they dissuading people from wanting to buy or are we normalizing that we won t have 3% anymore? we re normalizing. i think everybody has started to accept the fact that the 2% and 3% mortgage rates are gonen a i think this is the only way to quell inflation and get it in the right direction and i think that consumers are because buyers are sort of his we ll be for quite some time. didn t you make the point last time you were on that 2021 was like the best year in human history? it was caviar and champagne and celebration and tons of money, everybody was spending. tsunami of cash in the economy. those days are over. we re back to normal times and people have to reset and get ready for that. we haven t seen a price crash. overall prices are still rising. in the fourth quarter they were up 4%. but there are some cities seeing
and why not fight it out and see? you know? the same things have always been important to me fighting when things are not fair. growing up, i had really pretty serious learning problems. i had an amazing mother who was really dedicated. she would read all my textbooks onto tape which i then listened to because i couldn t read. and so the sense of injustice that i felt, it was sort of formative. i got a job at a big law firm. i worked there for almost eight years. i was making tons of money but it was never meaningful. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. donald trump got elected and then the muslim ban was issued. [applause] let them in! let them in! so then i m like, ok, i m done with this. i took an 82% pay cut. president trump s immigration crackdown has caused chaos and confusion. i started at the legal aid society,