Reductions in retail and wholesale trade. Most districts continue to report trouble finding advocates. They span most industries and skill levels wage pressure was strongest for low skilled position one provider of Business Security services in seattle reported labor costs are the highest in the companys history. And in chicago, there were multiple reports of Companies Big back retired workers to build a gap. Most districts supporteds moderately slower spending dallas did note stores near the Mexican Border continued to be challenged Consumer Spending was mixed with weakness in retail, and prices rose modestly, with retailer reporting higher costs due to tariffs. Sales expectations were optimistic for the Holiday Season in the boston district. One retailer reported that import duties on some european luxury goods were going way up this is the last phase of the report for 2019 so sorry thank you so much diana olick reporting from washington Steve Liesman is alongside us now. Zbrl i thin
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Dollar to climb. The greenback had slower against all major peers to its worst year and more than a decade. We will bring you some of the key traits. Asian equities, what they had a bumper year. They had hired to yearend. We will bring you the winners and losers from 2017. Lets talk about was going on these markets right now. The cac relations for the idea that we are actually looking to a positive start in europe. Its low volume and not that much of arise. Looking at the s p, theres a slight dip. We will see with the futures deliver. Asian markets are little more mixed. China has come off a little bit and australia has had a soft day. Lets see was happening with the gmm. As you can see, australia down by 3 10 of a percent. The dax did not have a great day yesterday. Chinese well bid. Lets show you was happening in the commodity complex. This could be interesting. Crude, well bid. Of 60 box a barrel. Look for the oil story. Copper, is trading softer this morning. Into thes back austral
Years. The hawaii false alert. Feds say hawaii lacked reasonable safeguards. The government apologizes. The president has please local authorities took responsibility. It was a very anxious time for many, many people. The president has reported vulgarity. Senator durbin said csc said it. Senator cotton and producers turbine can not be trusted. The president himself says im the least racist person. Dr. Kings needs told fox news this morning she does not believe the president is a racist. Lets summarize your money looking good again. Politics a cantankerous mess. This programmer into go. We go live. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart yes, yes, yes, the markets are closed today. You are looking at the futures market, how the market performs when it opens. Big, big games. Yes, your money is indeed looking good. Give me that number again, 197 points away from the dow 26,000. One big rally away. Look who is here. James freeman, wall street journal editorial guy. Welcome to the show. Th