November is the number which remains high in historical comparisons. The consumer is not falling off a cliff and that is important because as we look into 2020, it is the consumer which will be doing the legwork and driving prices. David you are our chief economist. It seems like different data in different directions. The university of Michigan Consumer was high. It seems like it is up and down. Can you get a clear picture of where the u. S. Economy is right now. Tom our view is we are looking at a slow down, but not a meltdown. The key way to look at this is through the lens of the job data. A year ago, even at the beginning of 2019, we were looking at a u. S. Economy creating a solid 200,000 new jobs a month. 2019,e are at the end of the run rate has come down considerably, we are closer to 100,000 than 200,000 now, but that is still enough job creation to keep unemployment at a 50 year low, to keep wage growth at a solid 3 or even higher. With that Unemployment Rate in that pace of
Towards the close. The s p is below the daily average, so there may be headlines that wont matter to the market because you have to look past it, but maybe they were all transfixed in watching it on tv. That is your close on that for the day. Thinking about that shuffle near record highs. Is bigger than one year. Range. The volatility there is that horrible volatility to the downside. Welp into oversold territory. We go into somewhat overbought territory. Uout. The s p 500 stalling that rsi is on its third point of a lower high, suggesting the bulls are getting weaker. This chart may suggest stocks could cool off a little bit in the weeks ahead. Im looking at mcdonalds and t. They are testing a new plantbased burger in canada. Beyond rising 10 , recouping losses. Target ofn a major shortsellers, 40 of float being used to short the company. S3 partnersrding to head of research. They are calling this burger the t, plant, lettuce, tomato. Bullsron earnings, a win. Topline revenue beats. A
Which is how you get to the dow today where it lost 129 points, 5. 3 of the nasdaq nose dive 1 . But the first two weeks of earnings season things were pretty straightforward sure this economy might be slowing down, but the consumer was doing so great backed by a strong job market, higher stock prices and i have to tell you, it was offsetting any industrial weakness hallelujah. This week its a totally different story. The markets no longer on its meds while twothirds of our economy is consumer oriented indeed, the other third has gotten so bad so fast its crying out for some kind of government intervention. Thats what caused todays weakness because the nonconsumer economy is plain worrisome. Tonight were speaking to electric power thats the largest Transmission Power Company in the whole country. If youre trying to get a read on the economy, theres Nothing Better than getting the power datd a it took my breath away when they said the biggest economic head wind we have at this point is
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Michael Lewis is here. He wrote to prop close to prominince more than 25 years ago with liars poker. Last spring, he published flash boys. One year later, a new afterward assesses the challenges that remain for highfrequency trading. I am seized to have Michael Lewis back at this table. What is it that you are saying in the afterward that has happened since the publication of the book . Michael the Public Relations firm hired by highfrequency traders has gotten better at attacking me. Charlie a few of them came to see me after we did the long interview. Hear us out, that is all they said. Michael it is an organized political campaign. What am i saying . There are two ways of looking at the world. One is as a problem the regulators need to solve. You have a stock market that is screwed up. Screwy incentives at the heart of it. It may lead to ruin and if nothing else, it leads to a tax on investors. I never held out much ho
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Michael Lewis is here. He rose to prominence more than 25 years ago with liars poker. Last spring, he published flash boys. One year later, a new afterward assesses the challenges that remain for highfrequency trading. I am pleased to have Michael Lewis back at this table. What is it that you are saying in the afterward that has happened since the publication of the book . Michael the Public Relations firm hired by highfrequency traders has gotten better at attacking me. Charlie a few of them came to see me after we did the long interview. Hear us out, that is all they said. Michael it is an organized political campaign. What am i saying . There are two ways of looking at the world. One is as a problem the regulators need to solve. You have a stock market that is screwed up. Screwy incentives at the heart of it. It may lead to ruin, and if nothing else, it leads to a tax on investors. I never held out much hope there woul