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Tom keene, Jonathan Ferro off today, both playing hooky as we get ready for the long Labor Day Weekend in the United States. Im lucky, though. Paul sweeney, my former cohost on bloomberg radio, joining us today. It is so telling that we are showing an image of washington, d. C. Because it was too cloudy in new york city, and perhaps that is a metaphor right now. Very cloudy in new york city for the future for a lot of things. Very much the focus on washington, d. C. As people wait for some signs of fiscal support , as people wait for some signs of just how contested this election in november is going to be. Paul i think all eyes are going to be turning towards washington. This is then thetion, more nearterm fiscal stimulus. The question is, does this economy need more . A lot of folks are saying yes, but we need to get ....
No question about it. I was on the Police Scanner last night, and just absolutely extraordinary to see the police of new york monitor the peaceful to wheres people moved they were going not at the exact moment of curfew, but an hour or two later. Absolutely, the media has it right this morning, it was a relative calm. Compared relative calm to the chaos of the last several nights before. And i think to sharpen the focus, the labor market data that comes today and continues into friday. Have adp today, then claims tomorrow. People modeling under 2 million claims, which would be constructive to that really ugly may report. It is a lagging indicator. Theres nothing lacking about the hardship that all americans are facing. Everyone, even if they are employed, i really want to emphasize this, you are touched by this depression unemployment. Jonathan weve said it repeatedly on this program, that those words we hear every week about thin ....