That the feds tools dont appear to be capable of reaching this the people who are out of work which is why hes asking congress to help out with passing fresh fiscal stimulus legislation. Sensually todays meeting wasnt full of surprises if anything it only demonstrated that the fed is not planning to take its foot off the monetary gas pedal is that a correct assessment. I think it is i think what we heard more than anything else today was more of the same right is not going to change the fed essentially thinks its policies are working overall but at the same time what danielle just said is so absolutely true and its really imperative to this discussion which is that ultimately what the fed is doing does not trickle down necessarily the main street its not helping people who are unemployed right now its not helping businesses businesses and Small Business owners who are struggling mostly it helps wall street mostly it helps banks thats essentially what of the Federal Reserve is doing and
Well i dont know maybe they dont mean. I will go down a great. Part. Around one. Route. This is the one business show you cant afford to miss from bridgeboro in washington coming up the Federal Reserve has spoken and now its a plan to hold rates steady as the u. S. Economy is slowly bell. Think back straight ahead we think an indepth look at the moves of the nations central bank has the future of volatility in the wake of copan 1000 remains uncertain gold has seen a spike in value as investors flee to safe haven assets but what does the future hold but well get into that with a packed show today so lets dive right in. The Federal Reserve held another policy meeting wednesday as part of an effort to determine where to go with u. S. Interest rates and what it will take to get the economy moving again overall there was some positive news as members of the Federal Reserve board upgraded their forecast for the economy to show a smaller contraction in Gross Domestic Product and a lower Unemp
Agency Mortgage Backed securities and least at the current pace but where will employment Interest Rates and the economy go from here well joining us now to discuss that are both of us cohost and investigative journalist ben swan and former fed insider and c. E. O. Of Quill Intelligence danielle de martino both thank you both for joining us today now danielle i want to start with you here it seems like chairman paul really had to thread the narrative needle here he didnt want to downplay growth in the economy but he also didnt want to dissuade congress from getting involved is that a correct assessment of what the chairman was saying today. It really is you know weve got 2 parallel economies right now weve got nearly 30 minute 1000000 americans collecting Unemployment Benefits in some form and you know we have we actually have rental evictions that are proceeding we have foreclosures that are starting to rise as well and on the other hand for people who are employed theyre moving out t
Economy is slowly bouncing back straight ahead we take an indepth look at the moves of the nations central bank and its a future of volatility in the wake of copan 1000 remains uncertain gold has seen a spike in value as investors flee to state haven assets but what does the future hold but well get into that with a packed show today so lets dive right in. The Federal Reserve held another policy meeting wednesday as part of an effort to determine where to go with u. S. Interest rates and what it will take to get the economy moving again overall there was some positive news as members of the Federal Reserve board upgraded their forecast for the economy to show a smaller contraction in Gross Domestic Product and a lower Unemployment Rate this year fed chairman powell spoke about the outlook following the meeting. The recovery has progressed more quickly than generally expected and forecasts from informs the participants for Economic Growth this year have been revised up since our june su
Cuts so futures are pointing to further declines despite the jobs growth today, smashing expectations for february. The economy added 273,000 jobs during the month, versus the expected 175 Unemployment Rate 3. 5. Wall street looking to close out a turbulent week, the tenyear did tumble below 70 basis points for the first time ever, as investors look for safety amid fears. Revisions on the jobs number not bad but people are calling it the least important jobs number in a long time i dont want to go there. Im going to say the opposite. When you come in with a head of steam, at least you got some possibilities that were not going to go immediately into the recession because there were you dont hire and then lay them off the next day the 53,000 jobs in Food Services and drinking places, thats an extraordinary number are we going to fire all those people interesting. Not right away. Not right away. But there seems to be a growing belief that we are going to have a recession. Right but im sa