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And the treasury is also announced in the last week it will issue more debt. this is at the same time the federal reserve is raising interest rates and not buying that debt any more. they are allowing balance -- their bloated balance sheet to shrink. all of that puts upward pressure on rates. >> let's talk about expectations. because so much of investment is expectations. we sort of knew the fed was looking to increase rates, let's call it three times in 2018. generally speaking, a quarter of a percentage point every time to 325 boip increase -- 75 basis point, and now the economy is going gan...

Joel rubin. couple of mid westerners here. let's start with you, my friend, if we can, kirstin. what's your thought of these numbers? are they real? because some folks are saying, look at the polls in 2016, they weren't very solid. >> they're real right now, that's what polls always are, a snapshot in time. we understand that, and they can change quickly. you have a lot of competing factors in 2018. generally a president's party loses 32 seats in the house and 2 senators. that's about the average with the first midterm election after the general. we have that going in. also you have this very ...