Back again, but well confirm or deny it later here yeah. The dows gains up 138now, and still across the board, half a percent higher, russell up more than 1 . Bob has more on Market Reaction, and kayla is in washington with the highlights from the med fins, fin minutes. They acknowledged stronger growth than previously forecasted, but said its policy of gradual rate hikes would sustain the growth saying that strategy remained, quote, appropriate. One reason for the stronger Growth Outlook was the enactment of tax reform. Minutes note uncertainty among several members about whether the Corporate Tax cut results in business and capacity expansion, but noting that its the early days of companies deciding how to allocate those savings. As for inflation, the fed is shooting for the 2 target in the medium term and said a lower dollar spurs inflation, but participants noted signs of a broad based pickup in wage growth keep in mind, the meeting took place in the end of january before the most
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Defeats canada in a suspenseful overtime shootout. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, it was day of protests and pleas. Angry students and parents confronted politicians demanding new gun laws. Others staged walkouts. They now say they may consider a call for raising the age limit to buy a rifle. In washington, students and others affected made an emotional plea to President Trump who held notes with the message i hear you written in black marker. Hena doba is here in new york. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Exactly one week after the deadly shooting in florida students spent the day demanding action on gun control. A town hall overnight got especially uncomfortable for at least one prominent senator. From tallahassee to washington, d. C. , students who survived last weeks High School Shooting spent the day putting the heat on politicians to take action on gun control. Senator rubio
Im wilfred frost live from london this morning. Lets get straight to the Global Market picture futures are pointing lower off the back of some declines elsewhere in the world we are down around 100 points or so on the dow. Improving a bit. Down about 80 points the s p down 5 points. The nasdaq down about 30 points. A big intraday turnaround yesterday. A 450 point swing on the dow initially markets liked the fed minutes and then they decided to focus on the word further being added to the line of further policying tighteni inin ining ly as we come in to today, down 1 for the week as a whole for the dow and s p. All 11 sectors were lower yesterday and a lower week to date as well down 78 points on the dow as we look at things tenyear treasury note yields rose across the board yesterday in responses to the fed minutes. The tenyear yield hitting a fouryear high the high for the tenyear yesterday was 2. 957. Right now 2. 923 on the tenyear. Asia is fully open china bouncing higher after hav
Shes stopped. The United States wins gol and capturing gold. The u. S. Womens hockey team defeats canada in a suspenseful overtime shootout. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, it was a day of protests and pleas. Angry students and parents confronted politicians demanding new stricter gun laws. Others staged walkouts. Florida lawmakers who opposed gun restriction since 1989 now say they may consider a call for raising the age limit to buy a rifle. In washington, students and others affected made an emotional plea to President Trump who held notes with the message i hear you written in black marker. Hena doba is here in new york. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Exactly one week after the deadly High School Shooting in florida, students who survived the attack spent the day demanding action on gun control. A town hall overnight got especially uncomfortable for at least one prominent sen