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Economic analyst. this morning on this grim anniversary here, we know that since the invasion countries have placed more than 11,000 sanctions on russia, more than 1,000 companies have exit the country. but the economy has held up better than some of the predictions. what is happening? >> as you say it is all about oil. you know, russian oil is being purchased by china. basically everything that the west isnt buying now, the chinese are buying. as you say, oil imports are up 45%. overall imports...

Do. they are looking to triple their arsenal in the next few years. so, thats where my concern is not so much russia. they are already helping with nonlethal aid with economic aid. their imports of russian oil have increased over 50% so everything that basically europe has walked away from, china and india have picked up the slack in terms of the russian economy. so so much for the, you know, 9 highly vaunted sanctions. >> brian: we could pressure india, i dont know why we are not doing it. >> s...

Myself going back to five days a week for the four day week in our profession the hours very long. i don�*t work at a traditional nine to five. i think having four intensive days for me and then a friday to spend switching off with my family is quite important to me. i can see that there is a division of a three—day weekend, which makes sense that you have a day to do administration to catch up on your life, catch up on chores, you have a day where you go out, have fun, you do activities in ...

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Intent is. how they will approach these type of gamesmanship program areas. a lot of skepticism coming out of the covid experience. we should not have an environment where there is an emptiness, a vacuum layer that allows other actors to come in when we do deserve to hear from the white house. >> in this situation i think its better to overreact than under react. journalists want answers, the public wants answers. dont people cut the president some slack if he comes out and says, here is what we...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [laughs] [applause] >> greg: stupid. before we get to the nitty-gritty president joe biden has a special message for us, its a day late cut him some slack. ♪ ♪ >> happy valentines make no mistake. i mean it. [laughs] come on man its a true story. [applause] >> greg: yes. all right. well said. i, like that i just ate a bag of expired medications, but at least his heart is in the right place.

Quarters, short and shallow, but might persist for several quarters, say for most of this year. the data from the labor market suggests that many sectors starting first with technology but others are starting to lay off, thats going to the impact negatively consumer confidence. job creation will be lower, well have lower real wage growth, and thats going to slow down at least two-thirds of demand. in the united states historically, whenever inflation is above 5%, when the fed raises interest rat...

The fed wants the economy to run kind of cool, create slack in the economy and take pressure off. those three things id look at, inflation, jobs, and growth. if those three things ease enough, the fed itself can ease back on its interest rates. >> cnbcs steve liesman. thank you very much for that explanation. it helps me out a lot. nationwide cities have been exploring programs that offer cash assistance to families in need. this week researchers released a report on chicagos program, its one ...

From trump. which is proven a capability to do. but at times gone back. to him, again next time on the debate stage can be sitting there and slack -- ministration. you need to say how you will be different, what your measures are. >> thats the big problem all these candidates have right now. you either need to be all and with donald trump, you need to be a complete sick -- to win the base over. or even if you explore running as weve seen. youre disloyal., so all these wannabe candidates are sitt...

We said the same about tanks. look, all im saying is, save time, save money, save lives. give the ukrainians what they need as fast as possible. get this thing done. forget about putin. go for economic stability long term peace and prosperity. >> bret: people who say they are worried about world war iii. they are worried about tactical nuclear weapons and worried about putin being backed up into a wall. >> thats what he wants you to think. thats what he wants you to think. and i will tell you wh...