S p futures up by just over 3. 5. The nasdaq up by 6. 5 points. Also in europe this morning, Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser pointing at the weather for a blurry economic forecast. As you pointed out, it has been very noisy. Weve had storm after storm after storm, particularly on the east coast. Its been very difficult to get a decent reading on the economy. I think its important that we sort of take a step back, be patient here, and not overreact to whats going on because we just dont really know for sure yet. The fed beige book yesterday citing the weathers impact on the nations economic conditions. Well see if weather is a factor in todays collection of economic reports. At k8 30 a. M. , we get weekly jobless claims. The economy is expecting a reading of 338,000 to 348,000 we saw the week before. And at 10 00 eastern time, the january factory orders report will be released. Thats a decline of 0. 3 is what economists are looking for there. Treasury secretary jack lew will
Of that somehow. It came across the bottom. It says yellen will do all she is capable of. I saw that, too. I read into that deeper. Apparently that was her swearing in speech. She swore as she said it . I will do anything i can do during her swearing in . The first one i saw that i said, what . And then i said, okay, okay. During her swearing in, okay. Like i promise to up hold the law type of thing. This ukraine thing, not getting settled. The crimea unanimous vote to join parliament. This is the same parliament all those guys that didnt have insignias on their uniform. This is the parliament that those guys herded together. Right. Whats going to be interesting is this idea of a referendum taking a vote to the people, which i think is supposed to happen in nine days. Although the new Ukrainian Government is saying, no way, thats an illegal referendum. You cant just decide to do that. But theyll probably vote to they kind of are russians, arent they . Anyway, the s p is actually up now
Nothing was agreed upon. Russia tightens its grip on the crimean peninsula. An american warship steaming toward the black sea as crimea has a referendum that could make them a permanent part of russia. Russia is not friendly, as you probably realize. Top prosecutor for Sexual Assault cases, lieutenant james morris is suspended for groping allegations. Outed as a founder of bitcoin. Just one small problem. He says its not true. I have nothing to do with bitcoin. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie attacking the president of the cpac. You see something going off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away from it as possible. If thats your attitude, mr. President , what the hell are we paying you for . 175,000 jobs added to payrolls last month. The Unemployment Rate ticks up to 6. 7 . Cringeworthy crash in canada. Nobody was hurt. Oh, no oh, that . Let me see your teeth. We can get together and starting a martha stewartjohnson oh, boy. We have a couple of technical fouls. That
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