Christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as you said in the beginning here its really no surprise to anybody the economy did not do well contract at 3. 5 percent as you said the worst its done since 1946 so its been a long time since the economys contracted that much in a single year and that came off of the 2. 2 percent growth that we saw the year before in 1900 the bottom line here is this is basically every sector was down because of the coronavirus with th
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss. In washington coming up u. S. G. D. P. Close out 2020 at its worst rate since 1046. 00 and shrank by 3. 5 percent and the game stop saga continues as robin hood and other Major Trading partners are stressed in trading as the battle between wall street and small investors continues well explain what this means for future trading with the us pros with christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as y
Use authorization its covid19 vaccine. You can see pfizer punching up about 1. 7 at the moment. Remember that were looking at a comeback perhaps late in the day, in the next 59 minutes, because that is the dow had fallen 430 points, now we are down just 116. Any gain for the s p, the russell or the transports means another record. Were not there yet right now. The nasdaq up 9 points. Fed chair Jerome Powell also giving markets a boost by calling on congress to get moving, already, on a new stimulus package. Former chair of the council of economic advisers under george w. Bush and now Columbia Business School emeritus dean, Glenn Hubbard is here on whether we need it, how big it should be and how worried he is about the precarious recovery. The ceos of facebook and twitter forced to run the Senate Judiciary committee gauntlet on capitol hill once again. One senator equating the social media sensations as quote, modern day robber barons. The ceo of whats being called the antifacebook is
Jillian oh man, it is good for free but the act of kindness was so much more. Fox and friends first continues right now. You want it you want it you got it you want it you got it todd i have no connection to this song. What is more difficult . Explaining the game stop story or saying Game Stop Stock . Jillian i thought you were going to say what is harder to do, explain that story or nail a free like that kid did . Or bust a move. Todd all three very different. You are watching Fox And Friends First is friday morning, we made it. Jillian thanks for joining us. In a few hours, trading at robin hood will reopen Game Stop Stock purchases after they were restricted on platform. Todd she nailed it. It is your turn, ashley strum ill Ashley Strohmeyer as they are facing lawsuits. Reporter the company said starting today they plan to, quote, allow securities and monitor and make adjustments as they safe it. And they will clarify what happened saying, quote, risk and management decisions not ma
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