to go above 30,000. japan has just released growth figures. asia s second biggest economy grew 1.6% on annualised rate, much better than what had been predicted. i spoke to neil newman from macquarie capital. we have been closely watching wage growth, the wage number, which hasn t really filtered through into anything visible as yet. the gdp number certainly does indicate there is a large amount of the domestic economy now contributing to this. as you mentioned cap ex, business spending was up 0.9 on the annual basis, way ahead of expectations. but even private consumption was also up, 0.6% against the market consensus of 0.4. even though it appears the wage number we have been looking at, the last numbers were in march, they were not that impressive, in fact they were quite depressing. the next key one will be injune, april s numbers, and that s when we will start to see the increase in overall wages. of course it s notjust the wage number that contributes to all of this, it
chris. i say it often but really quite a time kind a crazy last 24 hours i thought. did you think that well, i did, my friend. i thought it was pretty wild. and i ll leave it there a lot going on. all right, have a great show thank you thank you at home for joining us this evening so you know a court case is going to be interesting when the judge asks the jurors questions like these anyone ever been to a rally for mr. trump, anyone believe the last presidential election was stolen, what about the three percenters, communists, proud boys, kkk, anyone been a member? those were the questions a judge had to ask jurors. that case centers on allegations trump raped e. jean carroll in a new york department store in the 1990s and those are allegations trump denies and the questions the judge asked the jury in that case they basically tell you everything you need to know about trump s base of support right now. are you a member of a radical militia group, how about the kkk
barrett on what more needs t be done to shore up our bankin system this is american voices. we begin this hour wit breaking news. donald trump declaring h expects to be arrested o tuesday in a post on his knockoff version of twitte truth social this is all in connection to the new york investigation int hush money paid to adult fil star stormy daniels just befor the 2016 election. now we should point out th manhattan da alvin bragg has not commenting on trump s post or the possibility of an indictment this week, trump s forme lawyer michael cohen testified before a grand jury in manhattan. back in 2018, cohen pleade guilty to making an illega payment to daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affai with trump cohen had this to tie say abou trump s new comments t reverend al sharpton thi afternoon on msnbc the right thing to do is to leave it for alvin bragg when the indictment comes down we will all know look at the chaos that one tweet from donald trump ha caused nbc
it s 10:00 a.m i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york we re following a lot of breaking news on this busy monday morning, including president biden assuring the country our financial system is safe amid heightened fears of a banking crisis after the collapse of both silicon valley bank and new york-based signature bank americans can rest assured that our banking system is safe. your deposits are safe let me also assure you we will not stop at this we ll do whatever is needed. the government is taking extraordinary new steps to ensure customers will have full access to their money, a major move by the treasury and the federal reserve to shore up the banking system and prevent the panic from spreading to other banks. plus, a promise no losses will be shouldered by taxpayers and officials will hold the people responsible fully accountable. more on this in moments and what you need to know about your money. plus, no-show. donald trump s lawyers say he wi
loss of their monarch, while here in the u.s., a day to commemorate a wound still raw after two plus decades. 21 years to be exact. in great britain, the body of the queen traveling from her beloved home in balmoral or to edinburgh, scotland. where the public will have their first chance to pay respects. [applause] and king charles will travel to scotland tomorrow, part of a weeklong visit to the countries of great britain ahead of the queen s funeral. here in the united states, remembrances of a very different kind. 21 years after 9/11. the somber eagerly ceremony at ground zero, where nearly 3000 people were killed. the president, marking the day at the pentagon while the first lady traveled to shanksville, pennsylvania. the president promising to never forget. 21 years ago, 21 years and we still kept our promise. never forget. we will keep the memory of all those precious lives, stolen from us. i know, for all of those of you who have lost someone, 21 years has both