my memory s a lot better. it just works. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. welcome back. we ll have more in a moment on the indictment of donald trump. we re going to take a look now at business news, and for that let s bring in cnbc s arabile gumede who joins us live from london. good morning, arabile. stock futures are down as investors look ahead to economic data this morning. we re seeing a lot of red on the board. what are economists anticipating? yeah, it s a down day, right? and really as we head towards that economic data set to come out well on friday, that s the job numbers then that wail be quite crit wrl, around 200,000 on jobs anticipated to have been created in the u.s. economy. we also have adp or private employment numbers anticipated in our data tad. that is also a key focus point
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brilliant and talented constituent who is representing the uk at eurovision in liverpool this weekend. the whole country is behind you. this time last week the prime minister had to correct the record on misleading claims he made about employment numbers. can he provide a further update? now that he has cost 1000 tory councillors theirjobs? mr speaker, let me pass on my best wishes to
default on our national debt is not the only problem facing the country. this week, the federal reserve raised interest rates for the tenth time from zero to now over 5%. i continue our conversation asking the senators how far should the fed go in the fight against inflation? and are we at risk of a recession? i hope that those exercise restraint i believe in the independence of the fed, so i m not going to dictate what they re going to do. i m going to tell you this, though. interest rates have a negative impact. increasing interest rates have a negative icket pact on our economy. i onlook at employment numbers, i think our economy is strong and i hope that we can find a way to have a soft landing so that we can get back to a more reasonable pressure on how we use interest rates. senator cassidy, how much confidence do you have in the federal reserve to get inflation under control without tanking the economy? they re in tough shape.