TONIGHT. The show begins in Minnesota with a young married couple looking to pay high mortgage and car rates while paying off student loans and credit cards. From Berlin to Warsaw, from the UN to Ukraine; from the White House to London to the infamous HS
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:31.5 | Bachelord. Tonight, I speak with Joseph Sternberg of the Wall Street Journal Editorial |
| 0:37.5 | Board. He writes politically economics, he based in London, and Elizabeth Peek of the Hill |
| 0:43.6 | and of Fox News. And I speak to them on the concern that the Federal Reserve right now has one more |
| 0:51.6 | hike of the interest rates in its pocket, perhaps between now and the end of the year. |
| 0:56.3 | But that the economy is stutter-excepting. In fact, the Wall Street Journal points to the |
| 1:02.4 | fact that the American people, especially the young people, with household formation in mind, |
| 1:08.5 | that means buying a house, getting cars, keeping jobs, and bringing in children. They're struggling |
| 1:15.5 | with the high interest rates for car payments, for mortgages, and now the school loans that burden |
| 1:21.6 | so many of the young people of America. And I asked, is the Federal Reserve listening? |
| 1:27.5 | These hikes, these dramatic changes from three percent mortgages two years ago, |
| 1:32.8 | to seven percent mortgages and higher now, are weighing on the ability of the American people |
| 1:39.8 | and certainly challenging those with full-time jobs who are already exhausted. |
| 1:45.0 | And now they see their money going not very far, and their mortgages |
| 1:50.6 | wearing out their ability to pay them. There are not many houses for sale to begin with, |
| 1:56.5 | and those that are for sale are extremely expensive. It's the Federal Reserve watching. |
| 2:02.0 | Elizabeth Peek and Joseph Sterber have good answers. |
| 2:06.0 | Joseph Sternberg observes that the Federal Reserve seems fearful of growth, growth is a good thing, |
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