Economic data, down just a little bit in the red today, down 22 points 37 yeah, it is the first trading day of the new month. December, a strong month historically for the stocks, but theres a push and pull going on between Market Forces and the Economic Data, and were in the red across the board, relatively flat this monday morning. The data, u. S. Manufacturing activity last month lowest level since the summer of 2009, but then we got a Construction Spending report that was good. In october, it rose by the largest amounts in five months, and then we got auto sales throughout the morning, and while they were decent, gm, toyota, and chrysler missed novembers estimates, but ford beat them. Thats the data and push and pull among the markets, back to you. Lauren, thanks so much. 12995 where it ends, nobody knows. Take a gamble. Talks in a standstill, Timothy Geithner blaming republicans saying they have to raise taxes in order to avoid going over the cliff. Rich edson in washington with t
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