what does it say for american businesses and the world s two economic super powers, the u.s. and china, get ready to meet? we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for this thursday, june 6. the dow staged its biggest comeback this year, to an 80-point game driven by speculation of tomorrow s monthly jobs report. the jobs numbers are always key, but the data may take on added importance now because of how they could influence federal reserve policy. and in turn, stock prices and rates on bonds to mortgages and more. the consensus is that the economy added 165,000 new jobs last month. reporter: the reason the market is so nervous about the jobs report is that ben bernanke said the fed could ease back the amount that it s pumping into the economy if job creation is strong. if we see continued improvement and we have confidence that that is going to be sustained, then we could take a step down in our pace of purchases. reporter: the consensus on wal
tonight, he talks to nobel- prize-winning economist paul krugman. it s all very easy now, now that it turned out that we did not have a collapse in the auto industry to say, oh well everything would have been fine if we did nothing, but that s certainly not the way it looked we did need to act and it s a good thing we did. woodruff: and on this anniversary of d-day ray suarez talks to author rick atkinson, whose new book chronicles the hard road to victory for allied forces in world war two. the horror of it is difficult to imagine some 70 years later and continued until almost the last gun shot. brown: that s all ahead. on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. more than two years ago, the people of b.p. made a commitment to the gulf. and everyday since, we ve worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we shared
teaming up. how big business and uncle sam are working together in the name of national security. and historic summit. what does it say for american businesses and the world s two economic super powers, the u.s. and china, get ready totomeet? we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for this thursday, june 6. the dow staged its biggest comeback this year, to an 80-point game driven by speculation of tomorrow s monthly jobs report. the jobs numbers are always key, but the data may take on added importance now because of how they could influence federal reserve policy. and in turn, stock prices and rates on bonds to mortgages and more. the consensus is that the economy added 165,000 new jobs last month. reporter: the reason the market is so nervous about the jobs report is that ben bernanke said the fed could ease back the amount that it s pumping into the economy if job creation is strong. if we see continued improvement and we have confidence tha
number that s just right. but what happens if they don t get it and why is this report so important? teaming up. how big business and uncle sam are working together in the name of national security. and historic summit. what does it say for american businesses and the world s two economic super powers, the u.s. and china, get ready to meet? we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for this thursday, june 6. the dow staged its biggest comeback this year, to an 80-point game driven by speculation of tomorrow s monthly jobs report. the jobs numbers are always key, but the data may take on added importance now because of how they could influence federal reserve policy. and in turn, stock prices and rates on bonds to mortgages and more. the consensus is that the economy added 165,000 new jobs last month. reporter: the reason the market is so nervous about the jobs report is that ben bernanke said the fed could ease back the amount that it s pumping in
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