i m erin burnett. outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to
best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to the economic precipice that a little sweet talk sends stocks to the moon? outfront tonight, doug holtz-eakin, and robert reich, author of
outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to the economic precipice that a lit