So would you have a target in mind for maybe the back half of the year. >> Yeah, I think we will see it going back towards four four and a half and when we get closer to that, you'll hear something from the administration that will be very worried about the mortgage issue in the context of the affordability issue. You'll hear more about some form of yield curve control.So I think we are in a range from 4 to 450 with the average being closer to 450 than it is to four. Muhammad, you know, if you were a PM rig ...

Warner Brothers Discovery setting a special meeting date to March 20th and unanimously recommending uh shareholders vote for the Netflix merger, but it's giving Paramount an opportunity to negotiate a better deal. David Faber joins us now. David, all over the weekend, you know, I saw other financial types all saying, "Look, uh, there's things under the surface here, uh, going on in terms of Paramount and Warner Brothers and something is likely uh to be happening." Um, can you make sense of of what it actual ...

Joining us now is Chicago Fed President Austin Goulby. Austin, thank you for joining us this morning. >> Great to see you again, Steve.>> Okay, so let's talk about this inflation report that came out. 2.4% on the headline 25 on core. Austin, what is not to like.>> Well, there's some stuff to like, but there are a few things a little bit warning. Remember when the inflation number comes out, that's a backward 12 month moving average. So one month fell out from 12 months ago and that was a really bad inflatio ...

Commercial real estate leaders gathered in San Diego for the annual mortgage bankers association's finance conference where I sat down with key players to talk debt, equity, and risk across all sectors. Starting with JP Morgan's head of commercial real estate. As we start 2026, it's nice to see a continuation of the trends that we were happy to be a part of during 2025. Increased um equity to the space, increased debt capital, just general liquidity all around. Coupling that with strong fundamentals across ...

The AI trade has been driving the markets for the better part of the last two years. At this point, there are lots of questions swirling though. The first part of that would be whether the capex spending is too much and whether the revenues will ever show up for the hyperscalers. The second part is will AI actually disrupt or destroy lots of businesses and jobs that are out there.Joining us right now is someone who has lived through technology revolutions in the past. John Chambers is the former CEO of Cisc ...

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CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Sarah London, CEO of Centene Corporation for a candid conversation about leadership under pressure — from building high-trust teams to using technology and AI to modernize healthcare and improve outcomes. ...

China's biggest holiday, the Lunar New Year, is here, and big holidays mean a lot of spending. In 2023, the latest data available, Chinese consumers spent more than $140 billion on travel, retail gifts and more. And luxury brands desperate for growth this year want a piece of that pie.Every year in the Chinese calendar is represented by one of 12 zodiac animals. 2026 is the year of the horse. The 15-day celebration will act as a test of Chinese consumers' willingness to spend.After years of economic slowdow ...

The Lunar New Year is a big spending holiday in China, and luxury brands are using the festival to connect with customers through capsule collections, marketing campaigns and immersive experiences in hopes of boosting sales. Chinese luxury consumers have become more reserved and discerning with their money. Wealth Reporter Hayley Cuccinello explains. ...

Open AAI is unveiling its first model to run entirely on chips from the startup Cerebras. It's a sign of companies diversifying beyond Nvidia's GPUs. Dear Jabosa has more in today's tech check.Very important story here. Deerra. Yeah.So, Kelly, this look, this is not OpenAI's flagship model. This is GPT 5.3% Codex Spark. It's a stripped down coding model built for speed.But an AI speed and cost that can beat raw power. And if the high volume everyday workloads, if they're moving off of Nvidia hardware, that ...