Root. So, ben, the market started off the week fairly happy about some comments by Jerome Powell, about this possibly great news from no no moderna on a vaccine to, and it managed to stay resilient through the week. Yeah, it really was. The news on some fronts wasnt great. Economic data was bad, new tension with china. But then you look at this other stuff, you have the vaccine from moderna, the data was from a very small subset, but it does look like vaccine is working. At least in this small group of people. Its going to take a long time, but it sends the message that the science out there to at some point get a vaccine, get more treatment, get the coronavirus under control. Were also seeing reopenings of economies across the country. New york is supposed to open in june now, connecticut is going to do some reopening this weekend with restaurants, and its a big thing. And even where there have been some hiccups along the way, were not seeing economies have to close up. Cities and sta
Could bt sell its stake and they refuse to comment on the rumors. Weve got data crossing from germany. All eyes on the growth rate. First quarter gdt number has crossed ni crossed minus 2. 2 the recession should have reached the low point in april given us some market on the back of this data but that contraction will accelerate in the Second Quarter but we are just seeing it number cross. In terms of what we are seeing elsewhere that is minus 1. 9 forecast on the contraction of 1. 6 according to the stats office bringing in annette on the back on these numbers we know various sectors have been hard hit. Autos with a huge slump. What do you make of these numbers of 2. 2 quarter on quarter. It was quite what we expected from the German Economy contracted by 2. 2 quarter by quarter. I was listening into press conference the head of the office saying it is the quarter we are talking about is the quarter where it was like two months not affected by the pan deemia. The lockdown in germany s
Root. So, ben, the market started off the week fairly happy about some comments by Jerome Powell, about this possibly great news from no no moderna on a vaccine to, and it managed to stay resilient through the week. Yeah, it really was. The news on some fronts wasnt great. Economic data was bad, new tension with china. But then you look at this other stuff, you have the vaccine from moderna, the data was from a very small subset, but it does look like vaccine is working. At least in this small group of people. Its going to take a long time, but it sends the message that the science out there to at some point get a vaccine, get more treatment, get the coronavirus under control. Were also seeing reopenings of economies across the country. New york is supposed to open in june now, connecticut is going to do some reopening this weekend with restaurants, and its a big thing. And even where there have been some hiccups along the way, were not seeing economies have to close up. Cities and sta
Levisohn, carlton english and al root. So, ben, the market started off the week fairly happy about some comments by Jerome Powell, about this possibly great news from no no moderna on a vaccine to, and it managed to stay resilient through the week. Yeah, it really was. The news on some fronts wasnt great. Economic data was bad, new tension with china. But then you look at this other stuff, you have the vaccine from moderna, the data was from a very small subset, but it does look like vaccine is working. At least in this small group of people. Its going to take a long time, but it sends the message that the science out there to at some point get a vaccine, get more treatment, get the coronavirus under control. Were also seeing reopenings of economies across the country. New york is supposed to open in june now, connecticut is going to do some reopening this weekend with restaurants, and its a big thing. And even where there have been some hiccups along the way, were not seeing economies
Host will you for your politics is anyone. I think marsha left would be the easiest way to summon up. P. J. i was a leftwinger but, i did not make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything like that. Host when did the transformation occur. P. J. it was gradual. There is a book coming out, i just about this. Its coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this. It is called why i turned right. This is to rebut a bunch of us who went right. It is a long story in a motel it will give you the short version. I was a radical left. Very much in favor of some sort of socialist thing in america. I got a job. And i get the job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was living down in the lower east side. I was very broke. I get paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 bucks. And so was my landlord mistake. In my drug dealer. Among other people. I got my first paycheck and i got down to 178 or so