Frankly, it would have been much higher than 3 . And the stock market is as high its been would have been at least probably anywhere from 7 to 10,000 points higher. But they happened to raise interest rates. Youll explain that to me. Cnn White House Correspondent Katelyn Collins is in tokyo, and she joins us now. And katelyn, the president clearly setting a tone by talking trade and the fed right out of the gate. Reporter yeah, martin, this was supposed to be a trip focused on ceremony here and the newly crowned emperor. But you could see what was on the president s mind as soon as he touched down in tokyo. And that was of course the potential trade deal the president had kind of predicted he could secure during this trip, but now Officials Say thats unlikely, and instead focusing on the ceremony during this trip. But of course as he is with the Prime Minister of japan going golfing later today, sumo wrestling, meeting and having dinner with the newly crowned emperor later on this week
Event hes taking swipes at joe biden for in 2020. In a campaign email, his Campaign Manager writes its going to be hard to catch up to joe bidens fundraising. Hes raising huge sums of money across the country. Seven other democrats are campaigning in iowa, new hampshire, connecticut, and nevada. Bernie sanders getting ready to fill up his campaign, but his poll numbers are on a downward spiral. Harry enten is with us now. These shortterm dips in polling, how much do they matter . They matter in terms of those emails that you have to send out, right, and fundraising obviously drives up if in fact you are seeing poll numbers drop. Over the longer term, im not necessarily sure there has been that drop for Bernie Sanders. We can look at a Monmouth University poll that was out this week that illustrates the problems that Bernie Sanders is having, and that poll showed that joe biden was well ahead of the field at 33 . Bernie sanders at 15, Kamala Harris 11, warren at 10, but i think the key
Federal reserve saying its preventing economic growth. Last year for the first time in a decade, the United States was ranked the most competitive economy anywhere in the world. During that year our economy grew at 3 and if the fed didnt raise Interest Rates frankly, it would have been much higher than 3 , and the stock market as high as its been would have been at least, i think, probably anywhere from 7 to 10,000 points higher. But they wanted to raise Interest Rates. Youll explain that to me. Cnn White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins is in tokyo, and president president settisettin talking trade right out of the gate. Reporter even though its focussing on ceremony, you saw the president needling the Prime Minister over trade the minute he got on the ground here in tokyo, and thats really whats going to be in the background of this entire trip. Yes, theres going to be this big friendship between President Trump and Prime Minister abe on display, theyre going to go golfing, go to
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