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Today? the bank will probably announce a 25 basis _ today? the bank will probably announce a 25 basis point - announce a 25 basis point increase but there is a chance it could be 50 basis points because the bank of england sets interest rates on a committee bases, there are nine members and in the last meeting three members voted for 50 basis points so its possible the balance could swing in favour of that kind of move. and whats your take on how the bank of england is navigating the situation w...

Heres the thing. tomorrow the fed is going to meet. they are talking about not just the 50 basis point increase but a 75 basis points because it is jerome powell also along with joe biden totally missed the boat. heres the thing, we are going to go through some rough times and theres nothing they can do about it because they set us up for this. its horrible. its a bad situation. >> tucker: in one sentence, we are about to see a crash in asset prices, correct? >> were seeing it. its likely to get...

Prices have increased, this food distribution center has steadily seen this number -- the number of people walking in here go up. its risen steadily since january. all of this is a sort of on the ground barometer for how difficult inflation is in america right now. jose? >> talk to us about the fed decision today, how will it affect consumers? >> so what it comes down to right now, jose, is that based upon all the things that jacob just laid out, the fed has an easy task, if you want to paint it...

Year from the —— where the economy will be a yearfrom now. we will look the —— where the economy will be a year from now. we will look for evidence that inflation is moving down, consistent with returning to 2%. we anticipate that ongoing increases will be appropriate. the face of the changes will continue to depend on the incoming data and the evolving outlook for the economy. clearly, todays 75 point increase is an unusually large one and i do not expect moves of this size to be common...

Higher inflation, higher interest rates and slower growth. investors have been addicted to bigger returns on fast-growing tech stocks, for example, they have to refigure their portfolios. thats what youre seeing here. the big thing, over the past 24 hours, i think, is the supporting that the fed is likely to raise interest rates, 75 basis point, not half a point. today, tomorrow, well find out tomorrow, for sure what it wants to do. its behind the curve on inflation. >> we spoke last friday on t...

Rate changes have traditionally been in quarter-percentage-point increments.

The old joke goes like this: Two friends are at a resort and one says, "The food here is really terrible." The other replies, "And the portions are so small!"

Wallet and giving it to them. making the american dream harder to achieve seems to be their specialty. joining us, dr. carol swain. patrick, you are an entrepreneur. it seems like the swampy government is doing everything they can to make sure stories like yours never happen again. >> these policies they come out with that are supposed to be for low and middle income families continue to constantly hurt the low and middle income families. inflation is because of russia or all these other reasons...

Making the american dream harder to achieve seems to be their specialty. joining us, dr. carol swain. patrick, you are an entrepreneur. it seems like the swampy government is doing everything they can to make sure stories like yours never happen again. >> these policies they come out with that are supposed to be for low and middle income families continue to constantly hurt the low and middle income families. inflation is because of russia or all these other reasons. if we continue to print mone...

Making the american dream harder to achieve seems to be their specialty. joining us, dr. carol swain. patrick, you are an entrepreneur. it seems like the swampy government is doing everything they can to make sure stories like yours never happen again. >> these policies they come out with that are supposed to be for low and middle income families continue to constantly hurt the low and middle income families. inflation is because of russia or all these other reasons. if we continue to print mone...