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Hot Takes from Charlie Munger, Hot PPI Data from Labor, & a Hot Debt Warning from the CBO 2/16/23

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business, News, Investing, Business News

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member of the Daily Journal Corporation, spoke at this year’s virtual Daily Journal Annual Meeting. Becky Quick delivers the highlights from that meeting, where Munger addressed A.I., his favorite stocks of all time, Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and what he calls “crypto crap-o.” The Labor Department reported a producer price index hotter than economists expected, raising questions about the longevity of inflation in the U.S. CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman discuss what the most recent inflation data means for the Fed’s fight against inflation. The Congressional Budget Office has warned that the U.S. the Treasury Department can only sustain its extraordinary measures to prevent a debt default for five to eight more months. The CBO also raised its projection of national debt over the next decade. Phillip Swagel, the director of The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, discusses the deficit and default warnings, the contentious Congressional debt ceiling fight, and rising interest payments challenging the U.S. budget window. Plus, more leadership changes are coming for the Federal Reserve, Wall Street Bets founder is suing Reddit, and a growing population of wealthy Chinese are relocating out of China, as economic concerns rise in the mainland. In this episode: Rick Santelli, @RickSantelli Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Robert Frank, @robtfrank Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0

Bring in show music please.

0:04.0

This is Squack Pod and I'm C.N.C. producer Cameron Costa.

0:08.0

On today's episode, New Inflation Data,

0:12.0

the Labor Departments released the latest producer price index.

0:16.4

It's coming in hot.

0:17.6

What it means for US prices and for the US Central Bank.

0:22.1

And speaking of US costs,

0:24.6

the national deficit is expected to increase

0:27.4

by $19 trillion in the next decade,

0:30.7

just in time to heat up the debt ceiling battle in Congress.

0:34.6

Congressional Budget Office Director Philip Swagel.

0:37.6

I have faith in our country, in our political system, in the leadership, even with all the

0:42.0

division and, you know, kind of all the back and forth I do have faith.

0:45.7

Plus Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman 99 years young.

0:50.8

Charlie Munger is more colorful than ever.

0:54.0

Sometimes I call it crypto crabboo

0:55.8

and sometimes I call it crypto shi-ship.

0:58.3

And it's just ridiculous that anybody would buy this stuff. Those conversations and much more like chatbots and a mass exodus of Chinese billionaires.

1:09.0

C. M.C.'s Robert Frank.

1:11.0

This is a wealth migration that has big ripple effects around the world.

1:15.0

It's Thursday, February 16th, 2023 and Squack Pod begins right now.

1:21.0

Stand Becky by in three, two, one, queue please.

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