Big pump on the rode and will you should our. Another recession. And pulling the plug on the tech start that would have turned the tv business upside down. And the bosses making thursday the new fridays all over america. Im jen rogers in for ali velshi, and this is real money. This is real money and youre the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweet ing me ali velshi and facebook. Com ali velshi. Gross domestic product turned out by the economy plummeted by an annual rate of 2. 9 . Thats the sharpest decline in five years. All winter long the crazy weather was blamed for hitting the economic activity. But now with all the data gathered and complete, it crank the gdp by three points below the original estimate. What happened . It was a lot more than just the bad weather. Consumer spending took a hit in part because of jobless benefits expired in january, and cuts to food stamps kicked in. In addition the pace of healthcare spending was way lower, and business
This is real money. This is real money and youre the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting ali velshi or facebook. Com slash, yx. En. America is growing and getting grair. The number of people who call this home rose by 7. 3 million in the first half of the decade. U. S. Counted 360 million residents as of are 2014. Thats a 2. 4 bump from 2010. The median age of the population kicked up slightly to 37. 6 years old. Half were younger and half were older. The biggest driver, the age baby boom generation. The wave of americans born between 1946 and 1964. They now number 76 million. And the youngest are in their 50s, helping to push the median age upwards. Thats a national figure. When you drill down you see local and median ages fluctuate depending where you live. Mary snow explains. The then census study echoes the demographic of two booms. The great shale boom and the baby boom generation which is reflected in the country becoming older. Median age of t
Change laws nationwide. The world cup reaches a fever pitch for americans, fans getting ready to cheer on team u. S. A. In a crucial game. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The fight for control of iraq is heating up this morning. The International Community is pressing baghdad to form a new, more inclusive government as isil fighters ramp up their offensive. Those rebels saying to be heading to a major dam that is a major power source. They have taken control of the oil site near tikrit. Almalaki ordering parliament to meet july 1 to form a new government. Libby casey is in washington. The Prime Minister is saying that syrians have been attacking isil forces. What is the u. S. Reaction. There are concerns by the u. S. About anything that in secretary of state john kerrys words could exacerbate the condition and make it worse on the ground. Yesterday, the secretary of state warned that nothing should take place to heighten extremism or act as a flash point
This is real money and youre the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me ali velshi and facebook. Com ali velshi. Gross domestic product turned out by the economy plummeted by an annual rate of 2. 9 . Thats the sharpest decline in five years. All winter long the crazy weather was blamed for hitting the economic activity. But now with all the data gathered and complete, it crank the gdp by three points below the original estimate. What happened . It was a lot more than just the bad weather. Consumer spending took a hit in part because of jobless benefits expired in january, and cuts to food stamps kicked in. In addition the pace of healthcare spending was way lower, and businesses were slow to restock their shelves after the holiday season. Finally exports of u. S. Goods fell in the first months of the year, and of course the weather did not help. Add that all up, and it equals a pretty serious blow to the economy. But that was then, and this is now. B
This is real money and youre the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting ali velshi or facebook. Com slash, yx. En. America is growing and getting grair. The number of people who call this home rose by 7. 3 million in the first half of the decade. U. S. Counted 360 million residents as of are 2014. Thats a 2. 4 bump from 2010. The median age of the population kicked up slightly to 37. 6 years old. Half were younger and half were older. The biggest driver, the age baby boom generation. The wave of americans born between 1946 and 1964. They now number 76 million. And the youngest are in their 50s, helping to push the median age upwards. Thats a national figure. When you drill down you see local and median ages fluctuate depending where you live. Mary snow explains. The then census study echoes the demographic of two booms. The great shale boom and the baby boom generation which is reflected in the country becoming older. Median age of the population declin