Decision. Bullard should have called for 75 basis points and he could have the job when powell steps down to spend more time with his calculations. I agree completely with bullard, his dissent on 50. Whats he thinking . Then i read his comments and said thats pretty smart it made total sense to me. On the bullard side, this gives you a sense of why its so reasonable i would be watching very carefully for any signs of a downturn. Of course, there are views on the other side as well, from the other dissenters i think the center of gravity, clearly the center of gravity on the committee is the second adjustment was appropriate. Thats right. Fed president jim bullard joins us here in just a moment josh got a cameo in that little mashup. Lucky you didnt wear the same tie. Some of my best work. Yeah, you have to give me the heads up on that. Building throughout the day, hopes of the trade deal, really good housing data. Yeah. What are you chalking it up to lets do housing first. Xhp, itb, ho
First breaking news on how the tax plan will impact you ylan mui is live on capitol hill. Reporter treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke moments ago about the administrations first step in turning the tax law into reality. Treasury department and the irs have just issued new guidance it to employers, telling them how much money to withhold from their paycheck under the new tax law. The irs will be releasing a new withholding calculator that will be vail on irs. Gov by the end of february. This will help provide individuals with certainty, so that they are neither overwithheld or underwithheld and can plan financial decisions. Reporter democrats have criticized the rollout of this process, saying that many people could actually end up paying too little in taxes. Secretary mnuchin said that claim is ridiculous, and that this process has not been politicized. Now, the white house is celebrating todays guidance as a win that will put more money in it workers paychecks but the same time t
Comments from Steve Mnuchin about tax reform and stocks that investors are talking about. Tax reform or look out below is that what we need to start thinking about well, i think, number one, we dont want to pass a tax bill just to support the market markets are up 80 of the time, number two number two, its an irresponsible comment by mnuchin and number three, the u. S. Market is lagging other markets around the world, so theres no or very, very little expectation that a tax plan will occur and that it will occur thats going to impact this market. Heres Steve Mnuchin with these comments there is no question that the rally in the stock market has based into it reasonably High Expectations of us getting tax cuts and tax reform done it also has based into it amount mitchell on regulatory relief which they have begun to see, and theres expectations, so i think to the extent we get the tax deal done, the stock market will go up higher, but theres no question in my mind if we dont get it done
Cramer will you look at this market stock reports come out and say stocks with crash if the white house cant pass healthcare. Nasdaq climbing 1. 1 the question remains is secretary mnuchin right that this will go on the passing of healthcare the truth is tax reform the truth is not many believe a toks reform is coming. Yes, theyve lost faith. Congress thinks its more important than it really is, even the biggest pieces of legislation tend to only affect one particular sector. Like how the Health Insurance got a bunch of sweeteners from the care act they were the winners under obama and their now winning under president trump. Buy some United Health that made a opportunity of money democrats want to subsidize the Health Insurancers its a winwin for everybody except for you my real point here is that obamacare was the single most transformative piece of legislation and some didnt have the agate impact which brings me back to tax reform, i think its a good idea if it passes it wont be rev
Chipotle today its a new problem but its an old problem. The stock sinking on news a restaurant in virginia closed after a number of customers became severely ill after eating there. Well tell you where it is i guess i just did, and how chipotle is handling that issue coming up. Lets start with the financials weighing on the dow. Goldman sachs the biggest loser after its Earnings Report out this morning wilfred frost is here to break that down for us. Goldman sachs failed to navigate the market as they aspired following another good quarter in the markets and currencies business. Heres their show Martin Chavez. The primary driver for the declines sequentially are year on year. Was lower client activity with all the drivers that we that we discussed, lower volatility, less dispersion, less opportunity. Commodities is a story of challenges on all fronts, and there was lower client activity and also a difficult marketmaking environment. This was the worst ever quarter for commodities sinc