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The kavanaugh story. the market goes up. every time you have a development you think could hurt the markets, the markets go up. extraordinary story. in my world and financial markets, close to euphoria. the gdp could be another 4% number. the labor market is strong. corporate profits are strong. the wild card here. the fed will raise rates next week. they will raise rates in december. we are on a path for consistent rate increase. to cool off the economy that could be getting too hot. >> the pre...

>> reporter: mortgage rates will go up, credit card rates will rise and if it will better be able to handle the next recession. tax cuts antiregulation are fueling the boom but some companies taking a wait-and-see mood because of tariffs and trade disputes. >> you will get more bang for the buck from the fiscal stimulus if not for this uncertainty. >> reporter: bottom line is enjoy the ride. a year from now inflation, trade at national debt could be a greater issue. >> reporter: i want to give y...

Pointing out through the you the morning. processing a new fed chair. processing this idea of rate increase, of inflation on the horizon. again, all of those investors we talked about who just bought into this market, started to assume that theres no volatility who traded against it, who shorted volatility. as that is working its way through the system and we get back to fundamentals, we could be turning positive. gentlemen, thank you for helping us break this down. all eyes on this market. up n...

Fourth straight month. wage growth is what were going to zero in on. it had been sluggish for a decade and shot up quickly in january. 2.9%. so that was the fastest rate increase since 2009. this quick pace, the rate of change, is what is making some investors anxious. that anxiety causing a huge sell-off across the board. when workers make more money, they can spent more on goods and services. businesses anticipate, that consumers can pay more, they raise prices. so some inflation healthy. too ...

In for a big fight in november. not a gimme. >> shaking your head. >> a lot of plans. jonathan is right. no one should get ahead of themselves, but even democrats when they came out on the tax plan said its going to be an initial sugar high. i agree. very good. what else is in there is repealing the mandate for health care, which guess what you get in october, a month before the election? your rate increase, from the health insurance. and very little doubt that will cause a big increase. will th...

In the growth of health care costs, thats a much longer discussion well undertake here in the next couple weeks. >> people need to look up two things for themselves. one, what was the rate increase before the aca and what is it now. >> individual market. >> but all the different markets matter. thats how you determine overall cost. senator, thank you formakering the case, as always. >> have a good day. the white house refuses to answer simple questions from reporters. whats behind the constant...

Pre-existing conditions, all of a sudden, people are thinking, what about caps? no, we are going to do away with caps on spending. the public is reacting negatively to the house bill and thats why its at 8%. >> julie: americans still support, i want to show you some of these benchmarks if you will. heinrich blue cross blue shield has requested premium rate. minuteman health, has requested a rate hike of 30% and north carolina, blue cross blue shield is proposing a 22.9% rate increase.

The cbo in an official capacity. but thats whats happening. thats the strategy. you will see democrats trying to highlight that as much as they possibly can tonight. >> interesting stuff. tammy, one of the big challenges for health insurance companies right now is that they dont know what the rules of the road will be for the next year. what kind of impact is that already having? could there be some markets with no insurers at all? >> look, obamacare was troubled well before trump was elected bu...

Pages of this. from mid-level benchmark plan, healthcare.gov states we are up 25% in premiums in 2017. blue cross blue shield just warned the affordable care marketplaces are in their early stages of a death spiral. >> lets go to what you said. the two things he said. both congressional budget office and standard & poors evaluated the exchanges and said they are stable. they are going to go on. there are some things, three or four things republicans could do that would stabilize the marketplace....

Because they are paid for by medicaid. >> we are not a medicaid expansion state. we are one of the 19 states that is not. medicaid as it exists here would be fine. if you are in a medicaid expansion state, thats another consideration that you dont have. the real question is can you deliver quality care, affordable care at a rate that we can afford as a country? i can make an argument pretty strongly in my state. we are down to single provider and that provider is losing money, god bless him and ...