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Taiwan with china. and the very capable ambassador, taiwanese ambassador -- taiwanese representative, its not an ambassador, its not a country, whom you interviewed was very careful to say that. theyre trying to take asmet rick measured responses. one other thing the biden administration is doing is build our economic relationships with the neighbor of china. unfortunately, the last president withdrew from the trade agreement that was carefully drafted with them. now we have a chance to resurrec...

>> reporter: with more than 1500 flights canceled this weekend, and at least 13,000 delays from coast to coast. >> hopefully it doesnt get canceled again because i definitely need to get home and get stuff done. >> reporter: nasty storms, setting off a cascade of chaos for travelers. >> it was just really draining and frustrating. >> reporter: american and southwest airlines blaming summertime thunderstorms and weather-related challenges for the disruptions. but it is been a rocky summer for air...

Business investment, which is also. scary consumption from consumers of average people, which they also pulled back and in a way, that is scary. the fact that we have low unemployment is a buffer. but, how long that buffer lasts, and how meaningful it is, what to see. >> i mean, you have to wonder, can you course correct? the idea of thinking about, is a psychological. and the idea of how one. feels oftentimes, policy decisions are driven by how you perceive your constituents. youre going to fee...

Is very scary is the gains weve made coming out of covid could go backwards. we had a bad sign of that today. investment, we saw a big decline of cratering, the housing market is starting to fall back, which is scary. we saw a decline in business investment, which is scary. consumers also pulled back but not in as bad. the fact we have low unemployment is a buffer. but how long that buffer lasts and how meaningful it is, well see. >> can you course correct? the idea of thinking about, is it psyc...

>> nationwide poll found 58% of americans are concerned they dont have enough savings lined up. 43% are expected to fall deeper in debt in rising inflation. in july the consumer confidence index slipped for the third straight month. the lowest point since president biden took office. and the administration that has long insisted this inflation is transitory, of course, doesnt have a best track record on predictions but placing full faith in the fed to execute a soft landing cooling inflation wit...

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The efforts of the federal government and the reserve to get us through the pandemic, capped off by the american rescue plan that was signed by president biden, we coulme into these headwinds from a position of strength. never before have we seen the federal reserve increasing interest rates with such a strong labor market. so aim com i concerned? absolutely. but we have a buffer for the fed to address inflation without causing a recession. >> but the federal reserve didnt expect to get the infl...

Curve and why should americans have confidence that the fed is on track right now? >> im not going to comment on federal reserve policy, that is the independence that we here at the white house have from the federal reserve. but i will say that the inflation were facing right now is due to the pandemic which was 100 -- you know that once in a 100 year catastrophe which affected the entire world. it is why we see inflation afflicting -- it is a global problem. and it has been exacerbated by russi...

Aggressive monetary response to the pandemic which gave households and businesses the resources to get through the pandemic. thats what fueled the record growth last year, and thats what continues to give -- fuel the record labor market we have. weve got a strong labor market. thats why household balance sheets -- i know theyre struggling and inflation is a problem, balance sheets addressing inflation are higher than they were at the beginning of the pandemic. we see business spending and invest...

In hindsight because the data come in with a bit of a lag. to help people understand about this, we wrote a blog we posted on the council of economic advisers website late last week people can find where we talked about the fact in the first two quarters of the year, the first half of the year where we have data, if you look at the variables that the business cycle dating committee uses they tend to look pretty good. consumer spending, as i mentioned, i quoted something from a bank call that was...