Three new jobs in the u. S. Each year. Maria contrerassweet is the administrator of the u. S. Small business administration. She joins me in studio. Good to see you again. The april employment report is out tomorrow. What role does or should Small Business have in job creation in this country . Right now we are experiencing Small Businesses creating two out of every three and that jobs and employment half of the workforce. They are contributing to this 61 months of consecutive job growth them have experienced in the country. Cory you are traveling mark you are traveling the country this week. What are Small Business owners tell you about their success and 80 do they see do they see the government as a hindrance or a help . They are funding the Global Economy is available to them. We will be adding 2 billion middleclass consumers and they want to benefit from that. So we are talking trade these days. Mark what are their Major Concerns . There is a Small Business woman who sells gluten f
The nook. Crook. Ok with a let me just mention mcdonalds. Potentially third consecutive month. Four states go to the polls today. Vote onork, we get to the Party Nominees for governor. President obama is meeting with congressional leaders on how to deal with islamic state. Lets look at the clarity of the data check. The turn to the equity markets is all about currency this morning. We will address this through all of bloomberg surveillance this morning. On to the next screen. The fix. Vix. A little bit of angst on monday. Sterling continues to get crushed. Gold is doing a turn. Lets get some dollar perspective. This is the plaza in new york. Strong dollar. In this has been the persistent decade trend. Were at a critical junction. These are standard deviations. We dont discuss those in september. No one is talking about the currency war, but we are not ready to proclaim this an era of strong dollar. Everyone is saying we are almost at a critical junction finally. In other words, the lon
Will be so desperate he would do anything to hold onto power. Donald trump has been a toxic presence in our nation for four years poisoning how we talk to one another. Poisoning how we treat one another. Poisoning the values this nation has always held dear. Poisoning very democracy. Now in a little over 60 days, we have a decision to make. Will we read ourselves of this toxin . Or will we make a permanent part make it a permanent part of our nations character . You know, as americans, i am confident we believe in honesty and decency. Treating everyone with dignity and respect, giving everyone a fair shot, leaving no one behino safe harbor, and demonizing no one. We have till now always recognized that there is something bigger than ourselves. Trump does not seem to believe in any of that. Look, i have said it before and i will keep saying it, america is an idea. It is the most powerful idea in the history of the world. And i believe in beats in the hearts of the people of this country
Have a great weekend. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Were live from the new york stock exchange. Im melissa lee, along with jim cramer and scott wapner. Lets take a look at how were setting up on the u. S. Futures. Its all about the jobs reports for the month of december, a weaker than expected report. Take a look at this, the markets looking at the s p up by three points, the Dow Jones Industrial average looking at about 1. 5 here. In europe, it was really about the fomc minutes yesterday. It looks like a mixed bag, which is marginal changes across the board. The latest snapshot of the economy, 155,000 nonform jobs added in the month of december, with the Unemployment Rate at 7. 8 below consensus. With warmer than normal temps and impact of sandy being felt, how good of a read is this . Goldman sachs upgrades for citi, conviction buy list, stronger bakes have fewer levers to pull in this tough environment. Retail movers, ta