hampered growth in the early part of the year that was in the event that eye-popping number showing the economy contracted nearly 3% in the first quarter. but then slowly the economy seems to be finding its footing again. so does that mean we re on track for stronger growth in the second half? steve liesman takes a look. here is what to watch for in the economy in the second half. the best guess is that the economy and jobs will both strengthen. is not so much because of any positives, but the lack of negative ones. most economists see 2014 as a year where the headwinds that have held back growth are easing up. the political high jinks that hobbled the economy last year like the fight to the death over the budget resulting in the government shutdown seems to have been resolved at least for now. job growth hurt by a severe winter look to be picking up. europe seems to be clawing its way back, at least no longer negative. the big challenge we ve been maintaining 200,000 plus
hampered growth in the early part of the year that was in the event that eye-popping number showing the economy contracted nearly 3% in the first quarter. but then slowly the economy seems to be finding its footing again. so does that mean we re on track for stronger growth in the second half? steve liesman takes a look. here is what to watch for in the economy in the second half. the best guess is that the economy and jobs will both strengthen. is not so much because of any positives, but the lack of negative ones. most economists see 2014 as a year where the headwinds that have held back growth are easing up. the political high jinks that hobbled the economy last year like the fight to the death over the budget resulting in the government shutdown seems to have been resolved at least for now. job growth hurt by a severe winter look to be picking up. europe seems to be clawing its way back, at least no longer negative. the big challenge we ve been maintaining 200,000 plus
hampered growth in the early part of the year that was in the event that eye-popping number showing the economy contracted nearly 3% in the first quarter. but then slowly the economy seems to be finding its footing again. so does that mean we re on track for stronger growth in the second half? steve liesman takes a look. here is what to watch for in the economy in the second half. the best guess is that the economy and jobs will both strengthen. is not so much because of any positives, but the lack of negative ones. most economists see 2014 as a year where the headwinds that have held back growth are easing up. the political high jinks that hobbled the economy last year like the fight to the death over the budget resulting in the government shutdown seems to have been resolved at least for now. job growth hurt by a severe winter look to be picking up. europe seems to be clawing its way back, at least no longer negative. the big challenge we ve been maintaining 200,000 plus
showing the economy contracted nearly 3% in the first quarter. but then slowly the economy seems to be finding its footing again. so does that mean we re on track for stronger growth in the second half? steve liesman takes a look. here is what to watch for in the economy in the second half. the best guess is that the economy and jobs will both strengthen. is not so much because of any positives, but the lack of negative ones. most economists see 2014 as a year where the headwinds that have held back growth are easing up. the political high jinks that hobbled the economy last year like the fight to the death over the budget resulting in the government shutdown seems to have been resolved at least for now. job growth hurt by a severe winter look to be picking up. europe seems to be clawing its way back, at least no longer negative. the big challenge we ve been maintaining 200,000 plus job growth monthly and how the economy will react as the federal reserve gradually draws dow
topping our news, the dow and the s&p 500 hitting new highs again on wall street. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but after the closing bell, a dow component out with its latest results, disney reported a solid quarter. it earned 89 cents a share right in line with analysts estimates, and revenues came in slightly better than expected. disney shares fell a bit but after hours rose a percentage point. disney earnings coming right in line with expectations on better than expected revenue given by better than projected results by the parks and resorts. one hot topic, cbs announcing director streaming services for core cutters would give them more in the works. they are confident in the value of the cable tv bundle. will there be experimentation? yes, i think it is possible. we re taking a cautious approach here because we believe the prudent thing to do is to do what we can to maintain the value of what is obviously a value-creator for this company and for a lot of