Flights today. Goldman sachs lowering its growth forecast and reports that wework could file as soon as this week. Were going to start today with the markets. Jim, not a repeat of last week, but were going to it is going to be busy, cpi, retail sales and more. Retail sales is on front burner it is hard to believe that given that unemployment rates are so low. People keep waiting for the inflation story in retail. I dealt with a number of retailers, and almost every retailer says, listen, very small margin hit to the september 1 tariffs. But as soon as you hear small, you say, big, big, big really good piece about dollar tree, not a lot of exposure to china and does well when the economy weakens. I want to watch that to see if we dont get the situation where we start trading down in terms of tocks macys, 7. 7 yield thats the paradigm of what people are avoiding. I think the macro does trickle down to the micro. Im concerned. Im really concerned about this hong kong situation too. You me
The iea also warning that weak demand raises the risk of social instability. But Goldman Sachs executive calls lower oil a blessing. There are a lot of positives to the economy from the Energy Situation to the resurgence of housing to the most important thing of having reversed all the leverage that was in the system and kind of reset the clock. So you can take something thats a blessing, lower price of oil which once you think of like a tax cut. Take a look at the price of crude. Youre looking at wti crude at 59. 33. What are you smiling about, joseph . How many times have you heard that Lower Oil Prices like a tax cut . I probably heard that a thousand times in my life. But i agree. But i dont know if thats the you know . I saw that yesterday, too, that he said that. I was like, thank you, but i knew that. Right . Like a tax cut. We know that. But its amazing how many people push back. There was even a guy tweeting this morning meaning yeah you pay 50 cents less for gas and lose thou
Clark County is seeking an individual to fill the Mesquite constable’s office after the former official failed to complete required training within a year of taking office.