in france in the first round of parliamentary elections. the election, called to widespread surprise by president emmanuel macron, has thrown french politics into disarray. support for the anti immigration and eurosceptic national rally party has surged despite president macron s pledges to stop its rise. the far right national rally is widely expected to come in first place. in the 577 member national assembly, pa rliament s lower house. but it remains unclear if the party will secure an outright majority. the shape of the new parliament will become clear after the second round of voting onjuly 7. i am joined by prof jonah levy, vice chair of the department of political science, specialising in french and west european politics at the university of california, berkeley. thank you forjoining us. first of all, remind us, why did president emmanuel macron call this snap election? this snap election? president emmanuel this snap election? president emmanuel macron this snap
“In the very short term though, given the market rise and the fact that we are kind of moving towards that overbought territory, it does not take a lot to kind of move us away from that scenario which we saw in midcaps and smallcaps a week or so ago. If you take the negatives out there, which is obviously well, the Fed tonight will see but that should be a hawkish pause.”
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your romans numeral, 46 dollars. the average price for live christmas tree. inflation and drought pushed prices up 20% higher. we ll talk more about the costs of other holiday essential alzheimer s in a moment. looking at markets around the world higher following a big u.s. rally. higher than around the world. wall street holding steady after that monster power rally and a strong reading on the economy in the u.s. the dow so i rearing more than . it s up 20% from the 52-week low. stocks finished november higher again. the dow and the s&p 500 up 4%. still on track for the first down year since 2018 and the worst year for the s&p 500 since