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maria: so the president has nominated steve moore to the federal reserve board, and steve moore has calledates immediately. what do you say to that? >> well, i think we don't want to be overreacting to short-term data. we know the gdp data, wage growth data, spending data, it's volatile, so we shouldn't be chasing the data. we need to actually see what's real versus noise, and we certainly don't want to be chasing the market -- [audio difficulty] is the u.s. economy slowing, is this just a blip, are we, you know, is the future going to be stronger. we need to assess that before we make a change in policy, in my view. maria: neel kashkari, let's take a short break because i've got to hear more about this fed pivot. please explain this, because just future months ago -- five months ago we were talking about the fed raising rates, and now we're talking about maybe even cutting rates. we'll be back with our conversation when we come back. ♪ >> this fed member is thrilled with its latest decision, is why's he unhappy with how they made it9? >> i think for my colleagues, they just saw the balanc

what does steve moore think about that? he's been nominated bite president of the united states to serve on the federal reserve board. he has been an out spoken critic. so to the president early terd, in an interview, so much happening, let's get right to t. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. it is something very unusual, but it happened today. interest rates were inverted. by that, a three-month treasure bill yielded you more than a 10 year treasure note. the last time that happened was back in 2007. and that was before the financial meltdown, and a lot people read into that a sign, we have got some problems, and the problem are, in response to problems abroad. in germany, for example, they have got something even worse. negative interest rates. in germany, if you want to sock away some gas, you hold on to that different now, we're not that body bad yet, but normally, in fact, consistently, since the mid 1970's, every time this has happened, where a short-term interest rate has actually yielded more than a long-term int

i've been following steve moore, fox, heritage foundation for years now.e is a brilliant economist. he is also someone who wouldn't be the classic banker coming in there. he has got strong ideas. he would shake it up. neil: all right. we'll watch closely, thank you my friend. chris bedford. "daily caller" news foundation out of washington, d.c. dow down. interest rates, down, lowest they have been in some cases 14 months. when you come to something called the yield curve, you hear that a lot. i try to avoid the wonk talk. sufficient fist it to say you for a while were getting more money holding it for three months, than for 10 years. when that kind of thing happenses a briefly for a while today, it is presages a recession. now a lot of people, just make a distinction there, depends how long the phenomenon lasts in and out in an hour don't worry about it. the phenomenon is real worldwide. in europe rates are tumbling. in germany they hit negative territory. what that means you give money to german bank you pay them to keep it for you. very few take advantag

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steve moore is also a low interest rate guy. he made comments about how the fed had been tight and too tight and previous rate hikes had been a major blunder in his view. he was an adviser to the president's campaign on economic issues on tax reform and the likes are something that people will try to be figuring out exactly what the composition of the the fed going forward will be and what steve moore's addition will be >> thank you interesting in and of itself that in the last 24 hours you had the president take another shot at powell saying if it wasn't for the rate hike, the economy would have hit 4% last year that's stephen more getting the nomination shannon, you have been waiting to speak s >> similar to what josh said inversions precede a res reregistratirecession. there's no time lag. what we have been saying is if you look at your portfolios and you have enjoyed the equity market gains we're in a decelerating economic environment. you should be thinking about adding classes that insulate better during that type of vi m

nomination to the federal reserve board, with an op ed saying steve moore for the fed, writing if mrormally nominated we hope republican senators don't fall for it being thrown his way. he might be a useful counter to the group think at the building that has so often been wrong. we know, john that he says the fed should cut rates immediately. >> so we have -- that's on the opinion pages. i'm kind of here representing the news pages. we actually have an interesting story out on steve moore today as well on the news side at the journal, looking at his unusual path to the fed. the fed is stocked with phd economists or people who have spent time working in government or in banks. steve moore is a different creature. he's kind of come up through conservative political sir cesms he wrote for the journal's opinion pages, worked at the heritage foundation, founded the club for growth. i think what we could certainly say is he would be a different voice inside that building. he would not be a part of the kind of culture that you see inside the fed of phd type economists. i think he would cert

went from hiking rates and being on this course to being on pause and now there's another 180, steve mooresaying cut, so we're seeing two coordinated responses , one by kudlow and moore and the president cut rates and now the other by fed president and fisher who have come out this week and said look , we're not doing anything. we're sitting on our hands and as you said watching the data. neil: well maybe the president was right. maybe jonas had the fed not done that, because the fed has obviously stopped doing that, we'd be in better shape. >> no i think the press was right to the fed it looked like we were on the edge of inflation but i think in the kudlow camp we should have lower short-term rates and they let long term rates get -- neil: but erin says not now. >> you don't think a cut would get ahead of the markets? >> no because here is "the situation" we can end consumer inflation instantly by burning the $4 trillion they credited during the last crash. you call end inflation, where you have to go to 12% interest rates to do it so again on the kudlow side the problem with steven moor

let's bring in steve moore. steve has been with us in los angeles.law enforcement analyst and retired supervisory fbi special agent. steve, the prime minister bringing up the issue of how these people were able to get access to these weapons. >> yeah, that's going to be one of the major threads of this investigation is where these weapons came from. again, there are guns available in the world. i think it's not unlikely that they came from out of the country, but that doesn't mean there aren't guns in the country. there's nothing that we as mankind have been able to legislate out of existence that i know of in history. and guns are unfortunately going to be available. if somebody wants to hurt somebody with a specific weapon, they will do what it takes to get that weapon. and it could be that these guns came from outside of new zealand, but they were available. >> let's talk about what we know at this point. again, we understand three people have been arrested in connection with this particular set of mass shootings. where does it go from here? certa

steve moore gave that interview to the new york times and he said the fed needs to cut immediately.they watch your program. we've been talking about the possibility of this maybe happening this year. stephanie pomboy was talking about it last year. again, this is not a surprise to any viewers of "mornings with maria." >> maybe i'm overly optimistic. to say maybe the past won't predict the future, we've also never had a period where interest rates were zero basically for almost a decade. then were risen and an incoming fed official said he was going to drop them. it's a new thing, you can never say that history won't repeat itself but i'm optimistic that maybe this is a different situation. maria: look at europe. mario draggy said the ecb may need to soften the impact of negative rates if they're found to hurt the transmission of money trmonetary policy. they've got nowhere to go. we're not that far away. we've got a 10 year at 2.3%. even though the fed has been raising rates the last year and-a-half, they're very low. you don't have a lot of wiggle room. >> i agree. i think the ques

steve moore, former senior economic advisor to the trump campaign, former cnn contributor.ver his political positions and lack of experience, and about $75,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties to the irs. cristina alesci is outfront. >> steve, i'm talking, still talking. still talking, steve. i'm talking here. >> reporter: stephen moore, conservative analyst and frequent trump defender. >> i'm not so sure we could have a presidential candidate that would deliver these kinds of results. >> reporter: whose praise of president trump may have earned him a seat on the prestigious panel that helps decide monetary policy for the u.s. economy. the federal reserve board. >> i will be nominating mr. moore to the fed. >> reporter: there are two vacancies on the board. candidates are typically former finance executives and bank regulators. the board is supposed to operate above the political fray. >> wait a minute -- >> and besides deflation -- no, i want -- i want viewers. >> reporter: but moore is better known as a political pundit than an economist. >> i'm not defending the president.

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steve moore, long time. the co-author of trump mommics: inside the america first plan to revive our economy. so is the plan working in. [laughter] >> it has been working. my gosh, we've got a blockbuster economy. we got to 4% growth in the middle of last year. we finished the year with first time in 15 years with 3% growth. by the way, charles, you know, on that jobs report,s we have the best labor market for workers probably since the beatleings were still together. [laughter] i mean, tests amazing. the -- it's amazing. one of the reasons the jobs numbers weren't very good was because literally employers are running out of workers to hire. and it's a big problem for a lot of employers. we've got a blockbuster economy right now with a lot of employers looking for workers, and they can't find them. i mean, look, there are some signs the economy's showing down a little bit, and that does concern me. but if you're a worker looking for a job, this is the best time to be looking for a job in half a century. charl

if that goes through, with no hitches, steve moore will be nominated to the fed.nother spot open that blake mentioned. the white house looking at other candidates. herman cain's name has come up quite frequently. stuart: wonder if either will still come on the show if they're on the federal reserve. ashley: i would hope so. stuart: i've got to get this in. very important story here. the epidemic of robocalls, everybody gets them. even the ceo of at & t got a robocall while he was speaking at a recent event. at & t and comcast and congress, they're working together to come up with a solution to this. jackie heinrich is with us from the fox news channel. what are they trying to do? >> they are trying to make it a punishable crime for the first time. the way the laws are now, the violators get slapped with a civil fine. basically they are building that into their business plan and preempting those fines, so this would change the law and actually raise the possibility of jail time. they hope that would deter. it's such a big problem. nobody is safe from this. some of

more for the federal reserve that steve moore found in contempt of failing to pay his ex-wife more thann alimony and child support another door - - debt also owes $75000 in unpaid federal taxes one of the architects of the 2017 tax cut. now back to "the greg gutfeld show". >> the new study finds $40 billion on purchases in the past and is on $736 per person. and it is increasing and a breakdown 56 percent. more than twice as much. but no cigarettes actually. a whole new consumer group that drinks at home and buy stuff. maybe there should be a drunk shopping channel. [laughter] [applause] should i have misgivings quick. >> it wasn't the lsd shopping our? are you sure? i don't think alcohol does that. greg: you try to mask the drunken mentality. you do this all the time quick. >> i have a giant scratching post for my cat that looks like a turntable and a piece of art that is a tiger head that is a woman's body in her underwear smoking a cigarette and a t-shirt with a picture of lindsay lohan that says these lindsay lohan man and i purchased all of these while stone cold sober provider don

romaine: we have seen some new appointments to the board and of course we have the nomination of steve moorewhat kind of addition do you think is he going to be to the discussion and the debate going on? neil: i do not think he will bring much value. full stop? neil: yeah. i think he has a more plausible path to being confirmed than peter dimon did under the obama administration. i have had this conversation with joe many times. there are two ways of thinking about it. we saw a lot of dust up over kudlow. that is different, this is the fed. so, i think there are a couple things. first is if you are going to criticize someone for their pedigree, he is not smart enough, does not have a phd, that is a weak argument for not being at the fed. by that standard i think a lot of businesspeople would not qualify. but they have fairly sound macroeconomic analysis they can do. but when you put in someone that is basically a partisan person, that says something else. you do not someone who is dovish when a republican is president and hawkish when a democrat is president. you want someone who is able to

what does steve moore think about that?ited states to serve on the federal reserve board. he has been an out spoken critic. so to the president early terd, in an interview, so much happening, let's get right to t. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. it is something very unusual, but it happened today. interest rates were inverted. by that, a three-month treasure bill y

the bond market was reacting to the steve moore interview? >> it depends on how wide a definition of reacting you want to get traders down here really for the last week and a half have been quite trigger sensitive. so i can't tell you somebody did or didn't. you may be more aggressive of a buyer, but i think to attribute anything much more than that to those comments, i would find kind of crazy. >> steve, are people acting as if he's likely to be on the fed board and therefore have a voice in actually pushing for a rate cut? >> i think people are thinking about the possibility of it. i don't know how much it's priced in. i agree with rick. there's so much going on in terms of global rates, global economic issues. that it's hard to pick any one thing. it did seem that this announcement of this appointment was a catalyst for the recent downdraft in rates i hardly think the bond market is so uninformed ed to think on person on the fed going to mean a change in rates. >> one american who might be in the minority but it was a kaplin this morning w

there are reports they will appointed steve moore to be on the fed board, someone who also agrees withrump and also has made it known he wouldnants to rates. is the line blurred of fed independence >> they're a preacher of congress, the president voized h voiced his opinion on the fed. you have five presidents who vote at any point in time. those people are not senate confirmed. it seems like people in positions of pow sheer haer shoe the ability to criticize the fed. i don't have a problem with people criticizing the fed if it's fair. i was vocal that powell needed to pivot, he did whether he listened to me is another issue. he was listening to marcus and he did we have to give them praise when they do well and be krconstruc e constructiveconstructiv constructively critical when they make a mistake. i think they'll be cutting i don't see rate hikes i'm with larry >> joe, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, everybody >>> still to come, one of wall streets's top international fund managers joins us to discuss how to position your portfolio for q2 >> and later, we look ahead to the next wa

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. >> so let's talk with steve moore one of our experts wave been talking with. live for us in los angeles, a cnn law enforcement analyst and a retired supervisory fbi agent. 48 people in the hospital being treated and 40 people killed. this gunman went to task in this hor, and what does it say to you this number he was able to carry out and of course three people under arrest here? >> it's almost distasteful to even think about but we what found there are certain types of killers that come in and shoot randomly and shoot and leave. this is one of those few who actually go back and make sure people are dead. this is unusual, not unheard of. but when this happens the death toll is obviously much higher. i'm really startled by the fact that this guy not only did this attack, which he says was motivated by these strong feelings he has, and he puts out this manifesto, but then he's driving down the street shooting randomly? what does that say about why he's really killing? >> to let ow viewers know we are awaiting a news conference from police there in christchurch,

it's quite a different thing to be arguing for low rates and a strong dollar all the same time steve moorelar guy and a juxtaposition there. i do like the idea that you're bringing somebody outside of academia on to the federal reserve board. there's a lot of phd an economics that are not necessarily real market guys that are more academia guys and we had a market guy in richard fischer mean and robert kaplan with the private sector background, as well. i like a different voice they had group think for quite sometime and everybody's been cut from the same cloth let's get desession. >> he wrote "trump-onomics." they create policy essentially for the entire world because of the independence s. that a risk? >> i think it is a risk. i think it absolutely is a risk. i respect zoosteve moore. i do think it's dangerous for any president to pick somebody on the federal reserve board just because he agrees with him. we don't know that that's the only reason he picked him and i don't want to put words in anybody's mind -- mouth. but i do think it's a risk and i think the market is not going to reall

what steve moore said is a direct contradiction of what president trump has been saying since he's been there. as you know on this very network when trump started saying it all of the informed people said, a, you shouldn't be using the trade deficit as a measure, as a scoreboard of where we're doing well or doing badly. and the policies that you are about to enact, the tariffs on our allies and on china and a bunch of countries of the world and $2 trillion tax cuts that are not paid for. those are going make the trade deficit go up. and the administration said no it won't. he's gonna get rid of it. so now that the trade deficit is going up. i don't have any patience for the kmings to try to rashlds and say oh no. what we meant is the opposite. he was wrong then and he's wrong now. >> let me just respond to that. look we're on the cups it looks like of a trade deal with china which could be a block buster trade deal where china agrees to lower their tariffs against u.s. goods which is something we've waited a long time to happen. they have agreed to buy 50 to a $100 billion more of agric

i want to go first to steve moore, austan goolsbee, chairman of the council of economic advisers undernt obama. steve, i understand there is always a tweet and a sound bite and, of course, there is here, too. you know, he said we weren't going to have these trade deficits. can't have them. it's over, it's over, it's over. we're now at a ten-year high all-in and a record for goods. >> is that for me? >> yeah, that's for you. i thought i had rendered you speechless. >> okay, sorry about that. so, look, erin, we have the best economy in 20 years. i'm so proud of where we are right now. >> i did render you speechless. you decided to change the subject. >> no, i just want to -- >> what's up with the promise and the -- >> no, no. erin, it's not changing the subject. because the booming economy -- i think even austin might agree with me on this, that when you have a booming economy, what happens? your trade deficit goes up, because you've got companies -- even larry summers said this in the "new york times" today. countries are lining up to invest in the united states, and that's why we have

china is not happy with that steve moore for the white house and one time adviser to candidate trumpells me that getting this deal down done now which has some of the first important concessions of 20 years will be positive for the economy and this is going to be the start of trade negotiations for a decade moore also says the failure to reach a deal with north korea raises the stake and president trump doesn't want to go 0 for 2 and as you heard art cashin say they could be relatted sara >> kayla, we talk ed earlier and you described this idea that the u.s. any point going forward can just throw tariffs on and it would be hard for the markets to live with that kind of uncertainty and that constant threat is that how we should be thinking about it? >> reporter: yes and then the question of what the u.s. would actually do with the existing tariffs in response to a deal. we have heard from our sources that the $200 billion tranche of tariffs to come off and still to be determined if the u.s. is willing to remove the $50 billion tariff tranche at 25% and could have a scenario where that

this echoes positions that people like steve moore, the president's appointee at the federal reserve,hem and cut them now. what do you make of that, alex? the signal the administration is sending here? >> i think that the president wants to keep the continued, you know, strong economic growth going, going into the 2020 cycle certainly, because the economy is a huge factor for people when voting. i think right now people are feeling generally satisfied with where things are going. i think if the fed were to raise interest rates, that would put a real damper on people's expectations, on people's feelings about the economy and their willingness to invest in new projects, new businesses, buy new homes. neil: you don't think if the fed were to act on that and cut rates, leaving aside what it would look like in succumbing to political pressure, i know a lot of investors, they are frantic to begin with, they are nutty, actually, no matter their political persuasion, they might read into that uh-oh, something is up with the federal reserve which was willy-nilly raising interest rates as early

steve moore has a different view of the federal reserve and i don't dispute the fact that he did it tober he makes and whether it's a wise decision or not. >> so much revenge and anger in many of these decisions, it seems. up next, new information in the jussie smollett case where the president announcing this morning a federal review of the controversial decision to drop the charges against him. we'll talk about that next on "morning joe." - [woman] with my shark, i deep clean messes like this. this and even this. but i don't have to clean this, because the self-cleaning brush roll removes hair, while i clean. - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. from the very beginning ... it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource, to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the same vision. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. specialists focused on treating cancer. u

steve moore to have at the federal reserve. he's an honest man. he will figure out what they did to the $4.6 trillion worth of funny money that went on while obama was president. it seems to me that if they are doing qualitative tightening, all of these equities and bonds that they are putting back into the market, there has to be a half ofenough to settle the national debt. i hope they will look into that and see that he is an honest man and that he will let us know. have a great weekend. host: one of the other stories that happened this week revolved around north korea. and alsongton post -- a tweet by president trump. the washington post reported this way. president trump sparked confusion by calling off an upcoming round of large-scale economic sanctions against north korea in a tweet. the announcement caused a rift with top aides who called for a tougher posture with the regime and a larger breakdown of the white house public messaging strategy. it was announced today by the u.s. treasury that large additional sanctions would be added to thos

scott wapner startsnow >> welcome and good to have you with us on this friday josh brown, steve weiss, kate moore is here. courtney gibson is here as well. stocks selling off the lows. continuing to react to the unemployment report. only 20,000 jobs were added in the month of february. blame the weather or the government shutdown. it's an ugly number. the question is it an anomaly as larry kudlow and others would have you believe >> we have to take it into account. there's a number of sectors where you're seeing slowing job growth you would expect that late in the cycle. some of that was affected by the workweeks. there's a lot of other underlying wage pressure and how companies handle that in a year of slow and growth and more uncertainty will be really, really criminal for profits over the next four to five quarters you can brush there aside. you can say like transport has been weak. russell has been week. what does it all mean to you >> i'm agreeing with both kudlow and you and i when we had the conversation coming onset. i think this is an anomaly i think this is out there because of whether

." >> i've known steve moore for a long time. e changed. conservatives like myself that are still conservative economically that were there at the foundation of club for growth but know it's about limited government and was about balanced budgets and paying down the federal debt and saving social security and medicare with entitlement reform, he doesn't believe in any of that anymore. at least he doesn't seem to because he's writing a book now that is defending trump nom micks. he put that out which is just a ridiculous book. all the things be that certainly all of my friends that contributed, you know, have talked about charlie hilton and earl derden, guys who believed in less spending and believed ned free trade, those guys actually put a lot of money and support north club for growth and enough course, steven moore is defending a system that it is blowing a hole in the deficit, the largest federal debt ever, over $22 trillion. the largest monthly deficit ever. donald trump ran up more of a deficit last month than any government

. >> president trump is nominating former campaign adviser stephen moore to steve on the board of governorsis likely to face steep opposition from democrats. co-author of trump's tax plan during the campaign moore champions the president's economic policy and urged the president to fire federal chair jerome powell calling his decisions a financial mistake. moore's comments mirrors trump who blamed powell for hurting the my. powell declined to comment on the president's criticism but defends the fed's nonpartisan decision-making. businessmen and former republican candidate herman cane is under consideration. >>> much more on reaction to robert mueller's findings. top democrats say it raises more questions than answers while top republicans are taking a victory lap. >> u.s. back forces in syria say isis has been defeated. it has reportedly fallen. we'll have those details coming up next. i'm 53. but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex. because i'm made to move

. >> "out front" now, columnist at "the washington post" and steven moore, informal white house adviser. steve loves the socialist line. he thinks it's working for him. >> well, look, i don't think that there is anything unusual about trump saying that there was a socialist danger in the united states, because there is. you got polls that show half of kids who graduate from college now think that socialism is spearioer to free market capitalism. you got a number of democratic candidates who embrace some elements of socialist policies. you got bernie sanders, who is one of the front runners, who refuses to, you know, condemn the leadership in venezuela, who's praised socialism and the tragedy of cubans, so i don't think trump is stretching here when he says that there is a real risk of socialism invading the united states. >> so, on that point, what the president is trying to seize on is have people think about are some of the comments coming out of the democratic roster. right? no question about it? comments like perhaps these. >> we will make public colleges and universities tuition free. >>

moore. good evening to both of you. let's listen to what stevetrump's tax returns. here it is. >> i'm happy to accept it. if i have a request, which i presume from what i've read in the press i will receive, i will consult with the legal department within treasury, and i will follow the law. >> do you think democrats are really going to see trump's tax returns? >> well, look, they should. the american public should at this point. trump has defied basely a half century of norms about the president releasing his tax returns. i think we have to assume he doesn't want us to see something quite badly, and maybe that something is that he's not paying very much in taxes or he's committing tax fraud or bank fraud, overstating the actual income he has coming in. that would be embarrassing, possibly criminal. i think what we actually want to know is who does he owe money to and who is he getting money from? that's what the american public needs to know at this point because you have to remember, like, this is guy who banks would not lend money to. this was

imagine, is much more critical john, first to you why are you out in support of stephen moore for the fed? >> oif known stevey years. he has a very sound record on things that would concern your viewers, tax cuts, deregulation, a concern about the engine of growth in our economy and how to boost that ten years after the great recession. and in addition as to whether or not he's qualified, most of the criticism is that he doesn't have a phd in economics. the chairman of the fed, jerome powe powell, doesn't have a phd in economics and most of the chairmen haven't had a phd in economics. one voice at the table i think the fed is self confident enough and probably has enough of an institutional ego that it can take one house critic inside its building who might say, you might be doing something wrong. remember, the fed in december, you know, finally admitted we made the mistake about interest rates. they had scheduled two interest rate increases in 2019 those are all gone the fed needs to be watched and criticized and audited. >> jimmy, do you think the reaction has been overdone >> he makes a strong case for st