ECB Decision: Lagarde on Growth, Interest Rates, Uncertain Inflation
Bloomberg Television· 2025-12-18 14:48
The governing council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Our updated assessment reconfirms that inflation should stabilize at our 2% target in the medium-term. The new Euro system staff projections show headline inflation averaging 2.1% in 25, 1.9% in 26, 1.8% 8% in 28, sorry, 1.8% in 27 and 2% in 28. For inflation, excluding energy and food, staff project an average of 2.4% in 25, 2.2% in 26, 1.9% in 27, and 2% in 28.Inflation has been revised up for 2026, mainly because staf ...
November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows
CNBC Television· 2025-12-18 14:48
Now the number of the morning the CPI >> oh maybe coming in a little bit better than expected 2.7% a little light here I'm not calling I'm just reading the headlines here year-over-year 27 x food and energy core 26 so 410 off that is a very good number here um and it really I I have not looked at the internals I'll look at them now but it suggests that the internals are good as well uh let's see year-over-year over the last 12 months there is no monthtomonth But some guys will be able to calculate seasonall ...
‘Unprecedented’: Speaker Johnson has lost control of the House, says Jake Sherman
MSNBC· 2025-12-18 14:46
Sir, uh Jake Sherman, Jake Sherman, it is a busy day there on your beat on Capitol Hill. I mean, it's healthc care, it's it's boat strikes, it's the Epstein matter, the list goes on and on, including and just give us your thoughts as to where things stand today. A speaker who actually had to take the question yesterday, have you lost control of the house. >> He has lost control of the house.There's no question about that. I mean, we can't there's nothing there's no way to think he hasn't lost control of the ...
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Zacks Investment Research· 2025-12-18 14:42
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Steve Rattner: The economy will grow more slowly this year than it did in last year of the Biden WH
MSNBC· 2025-12-18 14:38
former Treasury official. Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Ratner. Steve, good morning.We've got your charts in just a moment, but first you were watching the speech last night along with us and you had a couple of more fact checks. Yeah, look, I think you guys did a great job on the factchecking things like his inability to do percentages no matter how many times we point out to him you can't have 500% declines, but whatever. But yeah, a couple other things.First on the deficit, he said that Congress had ...
This Anthropic AI Vending Machine Ordered Me a Live Fish | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2025-12-18 14:30
- [Joanna] This vending machine is one of the first ever businesses run by an AI agent. - I'm working on stocking our vending machine with profitable products. - [Joanna] Claudius was programmed by Anthropic with the best intentions.Then it met humans. - We're at negative $476 and can't afford to keep operating the same way. - One free PlayStation.- I'll place the order for the fish right away. - It's alive. Welcome to the "Wall Street Journal." - [Claudius] I'll place an order for stun guns.Macallan or Sco ...
The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors | Exclusive Preview
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-18 14:30
Dixon went in the house, got the keys, backed out the Cybertruck. Mr. . Dixon was intoxicated and on drugs.These kids were hanging out before Thanksgiving, they'd all come home from college and they were doing what kids do. The Cybertruck rounds a curve and crashes into a tree. A friend of theirs tries to push the buttons to open the passenger side door, both for the front passenger and the back passenger.Nothing happens. Doors are all activated by this low voltage battery that's right up at the front of th ...
Stock futures jump after lighter-than-expected CPI
CNBC Television· 2025-12-18 14:29
Let's begin with this market reaction to CPI shelter uh carrying an awful lot of water which is kind of a consensus view Jim going into 26. >> Yes, you got to go with what Lenar is saying too. Giant home builder uh dovetales with this.You go to you go to Gemini uh you put in Lenar uh you put in home prices LAR and you'll see uh way back all the way back to 2019 before there was inflation you know but this is the 40% inflation in housing David. Yeah. >> Done.Okay. See you then you look at CarMax you look at ...
Rep. Hakeem Jefferies: Health care system is broken
CNBC Television· 2025-12-18 14:27
is House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff. Uh good morning to you. You heard the president uh last night.He says the Democrats are in the pockets of the insurance companies uh and that the price of uh your healthcare is actually going to go down under his plan. What say you. >> Well, good morning.Great to be with you. Uh the Republican health care crisis is devastating the American people and Donald Trump has zero credibility on the issue of healthcare. This is the party that has enacted the largest cut to Medica ...
Blackstone CEO recollects company journey on 40-year anniversary
CNBC Television· 2025-12-18 14:20
Joining us right now with a look back and a look ahead is the firm's CEO, chairman, and co-founder, Steve Schwarzman. And Steve, thank you for taking the time to sit down with us. >> Well, it's fun for me. >> It is fun for us, too.We don't get the chance to do this very often. Um, 40 years since you built this firm, uh, coming out with $400,000 in capital where you sat down and kind of branched out into this new and fledgling private equity world that you helped build. What do you think 40 years later with ...