They could become a sovereign issue. We are a few minutes away from the adp employment report. Investor,e deal for but economics editor Michael Mckee says the real deal could be the report has been overshadowed by what . It is normally a big thing for the markets, but news yesterday and tomorrow could overshadow this. Boy, did americans by a lot of metal in the month of may, a nineyear high. Was it the consumer getting better, or a catch up from a lousy winter . Analysts say it is a little of both and it will not be sustainable at that level, but if we seek sales like that they will ramp up production and that will add to growth on top of an economy that is already rebounding, running at a three. 9 gdp rate so far this quarter. In the position of confirming some strength rather than changing any direction about the way people think about the economy. The forecast is for 210,000 jobs to have been created in the private sector, roughly within the range we have seen the last couple of mon
This is "Arkies in the Beltway" for the week of May 26, 2024. I m Alex Thomas, Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, with your look at national politics and the Arkansans influencing the discussions.