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When he saw the dow go off the cliff as much as 478 points. on the upside, he got a rate cut and the fed chairman said they would end the policy of quantitative tightening in the next couple months, which is something that the president wanted to have happen. and you heard it mention a second ago, was the fed giving in to pressure from president to do what the president wanted powell to do. heres what powell said about that. >> we never take into account political situations. theres no place in ...

Administration they said we could never get more than 2 1/2% economic growth in our lifetimes. now we see we have close to 4% on an annual basis economic growth and the only problem that businesses have right now is finding enough workers. >> sandra: it is amazing to watch that 4.2% updated the gdp number. we thought 4.1% was big and they revised it higher. we spoke to the white house after the number came out and larry kudlow said its sustainable. where could the dow go from here? >> i think th...

6 6.2. there was a lot of mathematical investment formulas built on top of that one equation. so all of those have to get reset. its possible what were seeing is just a real spasmic reaction to this dramatic change in the value of the chinese currency that once it sort of runs its course, well be back -- maybe not to new records but the markets will stabilize. >> i should point out throughout this conversation we watched the dow go down to 463. it is interesting, sue, just in the course of this ...

The year. thats good news for the american consumer. >> yes. and perhaps the presidential rating as well. what about the job market? more than 300,000 jobs added last month. were looking at 5.8% unemployment rate. are we poised for more growth? well see the 300,000 number continue? >> i wouldnt expect the 300,000 number to continue. on average, weve been adding somewhere around 240 thats about what i expect. thats pretty good considering where weve been. i think the important thing to realize th...

Phoenix 39. another cold desert location. l.a. 44. snow in the mountains today in the san bernardinos. and back in new york city the epicenter of new years eve 26 when the ball drops. richard, most of us will be -- if were outdoors well have to layer up unless youre in the sunshine state. back to you from sin city where the sun is coming up and everybody has finally headed to bed. >> i tell you, las vegas -- with the snow flakes and the palm trees behind you, theyre living up to that. appreciate...

>> the market is, you know, going bananas about anything right now, on some very good indicators. but i think so. and theres been other really strong news about the jobs -- the labor market this week. if you look at weekly jobless claims, the average has hit a five-year low. adp report was great. small business hiring is up. the fundamentals are looking really good. so we might be in for a surprise today. >> should we be a little worried, harold, when we see the dow go as high as its gone, given...

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Were watching. enjoy the 29 in new york city here. whats in store here really drops us down eventually into the lower 20s by new years eve. single digits when the ball drops. okay. thanks very much. some investors may be wishing 2017 never ends. thats because the dow has had its best year since 2013. its up 25% for the year and if the holiday spirit winds up lifting spirits again, we could see the dow go above 26.5% by the end of the year. it would make it the strongest gain since 1995 when it...

Things like carrier for example, have given some little guys some hope that theres a chance that someone in washington is going to care as opposed to what youve typically seen over the last eight years. how much of this rhetoric that were hearing right now from donald trump and some of the actions are contributing in your view to the positive outlook in the economy? >> i think consumers are looking at the dow go up and up and up and theyre getting ready to where theyre dow 20,000 hats, but thats...

Did talk to a white supremacist group a year ago. what does this mean. and after a record setting 2014 how high will the dow go in the new year. and a case of mistaken identity nearly ruins christmas for one mother. police saying her son was dead but they got it wrong. the story ahead right here on "the rundown" only on msnbc.