US Q4 GDP Grows Smaller-Than-Forecast 1.4% on Shutdown Impact
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-20 14:29
Data quirks and all. How did you interpret the pieces we got today. Well, some of it distorted by the government shutdown and some of it maybe people running out of gas at the end of the year in terms of the spending numbers, the inflation numbers affected by various categories in CPI and PPE.But remember, these are December inflation numbers still bad. Look for the Fed to be cutting rates when you've got the PC core at 3% for the month of December. That's quite a ways from their target.And also we saw the ...
LIVE: Trump delivers remarks at annual breakfast with governors | NBC News
NBC News· 2026-02-20 14:19
Well, thank you very much everybody. Thank you very much. that I guess we're going to be asking the press to leave that way. We're going to talk very candidly and take questions.I think at the end it wasn't supposed to be. I just said to you what he got questions, sir. You can do whatever you want.I don't know if she says that to other people that she's represented over the years, but uh thank you very much for being here. It's a great honor. And the media, thank you.You can leave. >> Mr. . President, are y ...
Steve Rattner: Congress grants few of Trump's spending cut requests
MSNBC· 2026-02-20 14:18
President Trump promised in his campaign for a second term he would reduce the size of the federal government and its budget. Now Congress has passed a series of spending bills that largely do not match Trump's proposals. Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New name. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion jo ...
Goldman Lawyer, Epstein Conferred on Secret Service Sex Scandal
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-20 14:01
We could be speaking to you every day. You probably don't have the time for us every day. But the news that continues to emerge from the latest batch of the FBI files and the focus of one of your recent stories is Goldman Sachs is Kathy Rumley.She corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein about a prostitution scandal a few years ago. What did you learn. Yeah, this was this was actually quite intriguing and certainly raised a lot of questions.I came across some emails in the cache and it showed that Kathy Rumley was ...
Facial recognition is allegedly coming to Meta glasses #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-20 14:01
really good news for you, which is that Meta appears uh extremely interested in building the bad thing and in shipping it in, I would say, the grossest and most cynical possible way. A story from the New York Times about Meta planning to add facial recognition tech to the the Meta Rayban glasses. They got a memo from a Meta executive uh who is not named in the story. It says, "We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have t ...
The Verge's Senior Wearables Reviewer, Victoria Song, went on some dates with AI companions.
The Verge· 2026-02-20 14:00
She's just staring at me. I have to shout at these AI. Um, >> what do you do for a living.>> However your last date went, it probably wasn't as weird as mine. I went to Eva AI Cafe, which was a pop-up cafe where you could go and speed various AI boyfriends and girlfriends. Eva AI is a relationship RPG app where you can earn points and stuff with AI girlfriends and boyfriends.Though it was mostly girlfriends and one Takkeshi Kanoshiro looking AI boyfriend. It was a little awkward, not going to lie. There wer ...
Fourth-quarter U.S. GDP up just 1.4%, badly missing estimate
CNBC Television· 2026-02-20 13:53
Welcome back to Squawkbox. Rick Santella here live at CME HQ on this important Friday with some key breaking news. Personal income and spending for December, including some of the Fed's favorite metrics.First look at fourth quarter GDP and the numbers should be populating. We're going into this with yields moving lower. And on the GDP side, a big disappointment.We're looking for a number around the 2.8% area. comes in at 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% will be the lowest GDP since the first quarter of 25 when it was negativ ...
Why Alt Season Never Happened: Understanding Liquidity
Benjamin Cowen· 2026-02-20 13:51
Hey everyone and thanks for jumping back into the cryptoverse. Today we're going to talk about why alt season never happened this cycle and we're going to look at it through the lens of liquidity. If you guys like the content, make sure you subscribe to the channel, give the video a thumbs up, and also check out into the cryptoverse premium at into the cryptoverse.com. You can use the coupon code ITC50 to get 50% off your first month. that will end at the end of the month.Let's go ahead and jump in. So, wit ...
This Morning’s Top Headlines – Feb. 20 | Morning News NOW
NBC News· 2026-02-20 13:38
Good morning. Good to have you with us on a Friday. I'm Joe Frier.Savannah is on assignment. We begin this hour with the fallout from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's unprecedented arrest. The former prince and brother of Britain's King Charles was released last night by police pending further investigation.He was arrested earlier in the day yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. This morning, for the second day in a row, police are searching Andrew's former Royal Lodge residence. It's part of t ...
Police dashcam video captures stolen ambulance chase
NBC News· 2026-02-20 13:35
Come on WITH YOUR HANDS UP. >> TONIGHT, dramatic body camera video out of Wisconsin showing the chaos capping a HIGH-SPEED CHASE. >> HANDS UP. HANDS UP.>> WITH THE DRIVER of that stolen ambulance emerging completely naked. The video blurred by Wisconsin Rapids police. >> This guy jumped into the driver's seat, took off with the ambulance totally naked.>> That's correct. It's never happened in my career. Investigators say 37-year-old Benjamin Phelps hijacked the ambulance Tuesday evening as two paramedics we ...