Articles are b s ars are s ars a monster week for the market as the dow sets new records. Key data on the economy with the strong jobs report. What does it mean for your money . Jo joining me right now is bill gross, pimco founder and former chief and former chairman of the council of economic advisers for president obama. Gentlemen, great to have you on the program. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, maria. Austan, great day to talk to you. Lets start with the jobs number released on friday. A very strong number. 236,000 new jobs create for the month. The unemployment right now, the lowest in four years. Was this what you expected and what do you think it says about where we are in the economy . Well, it was better than i expected. This is one of the reports weve been waiting for reports like this. You never want to make too much out of any one month as, you know, we always say. If you could put several months like this together, i think people would be feeling a lot better on what the
Host this is the communicators on cspan and we are in las vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show International now known as ces international. And this is one of the exhibits here at samsung. There are literally thousands of exhibitors and thousands of people here at the Convention Center in las vegas. One of the things we decided to do this here in our coverage is talk with a reporter and actually follow a reporter around as he toured and see the ces through his eyes. Troy wolverton is that the San Jose Mercury news. Mr. Wolverton, how often have you been coming to ces . Guest i have probably been coming to ces for tenant seven of the last eight years and its important that its basically kind of a showcase foe Technology Industry. Its where many Major Companies come to show off their latest and greatest products and you get a sense of whats going to be on store shelves later in the year. You know its a place where consumers can get a glimpse of where things are going but there
Communicators on cspan, and we are in las vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics show international, now known as ces international. And this is one of the exhibits here at samsung, its next to kobe. There are literally thousands of exhibitors and thousands of people here at the Convention Center here in las vegas. One of the things we decided to do this year in our coverage is talk with a reporter, actually follow a reporter around as he toured and see the ces through his eyes. Troy wolverton is with the San Jose Mercury news. Mr. Wolverton, how often have you been coming to ces, and whats its importance . Guest ive probably been coming for seven of the last eight years, Something Like that. And its importance is that it is, basically, kind of the showcase for, or the centerpiece for the Technology Industry. Its where many of the Major Companies come to show a off their latest and greatest products, and you get a sense of whats going to be on store shelves later in the year. You kn
The images and lengths to articles are b s ars are s ars a monster week for the market as the dow sets new records. Key data on the economy with the strong jobs report. What does it mean for your money . Jo joining me right now is bill gross, pimco founder and former chief and former chairman of the council of economic advisers for president obama. Gentlemen, great to have you on the program. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, maria. Austan, great day to talk to you. Lets start with the jobs number released on friday. A very strong number. 236,000 new jobs create for the month. The unemployment right now, the lowest in four years. Was this what you expected and what do you think it says about where we are in the economy . Well, it was better than i expected. This is one of the reports weve been waiting for reports like this. You never want to make too much out of any one month as, you know, we always say. If you could put several months like this together, i think people would be feelin
Things are going. This is where manufacturers try to sell to the retailers on what they should have on their store shelves later. What is the importance of the San Jose Mercury news and c. E. S. . What is the connection . Snure business section is on technology, that is what we cover is technology. Im a Technology Columnist for San Jose Mercury news. Do you find that washington and Silicon Valley are on two different planets . I think that is fair to say. I think that the ties are probably getting closer. Theres a lot more interaction these days than before. But i think in many ways, and for a long time, folks in Silicon Valley didnt care or when to know what was going on in washington. Likewise i think people in washington were tone deaf to what is going on in Silicon Valley and the electronic industry. When you talk to Tech Companies in Silicon Valley, what i do they say about washington . That you can report. I think it depends on which companies youre talking about. In some cases,