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Printing. all of this leads to enthusiasm when it comes to these valuations on the stock market. people are clamoring to buy all these stocks, companies are clamoring to buy each other. you start to see a little bit of that irrational exuberance that we ve seen before and it s worrisome to a lot of very smart people. so this is important, the disconnect between the stock market and the reality of an anemic economy is significant. trish, as always, thank you. be sure to check out the intelligence report with trish regan weekdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. trish will be part of the next republican debate, tuesday november 10th. definitely worth checking that out. no more coffee, no more tea, for the folks at some hospitals in england. we ll tell you the strange reason why next. looks like some folks have had it ....
In four years. for the day, the dow lost 92, the s&p 500 fell 10, the nasdaq gave back 21. for the week the dow gained about .1%. the s&p 500 was up fifth and the nasdaq finned up about a half a point. the dow surged about 8.5 percentage points. the nasdaq finished ahead almost 9.5 for the month. consumer spending and income growth were lower in september than in the past several months. let s get more on this and what s happening with the economy. fox business network s trish ragen is with us from new york. yeah, you know you pointed to the consumer spending number. and wages really not going anywhere. and what it tells you, brett, is once again it reinforces this very weak economic situation we re in. now one of the reasons we saw consumer prices decline was actually because gas prices have been going down. ....
Rather consumer spending decl e declined, was because gas prices have been going down. people aren t paying as much at the pump and not spending as much. good news. you know because of course we all like lower prices at the pump. it should at some point should be translating into some kind of economic growth. when you look at wages, this is very troubling. wages going nowhere. you got to start wondering at some point do we need to worry about deflation? and deflation, brett, is very, very hard to fight so that s the concern. but trish, why the disconnect then between the markets and the real economy? well it s a very good question. we have got a market that just been on fire. it s in part tied to very accommodative as they say federal reserve. the federal reserve has been keeping interest rates low at zero. for over six years. you ve got very accommodative environment in the way of lots of money printing. multiple rounds of money ....
Rather consumer spending decl e declined, was because gas prices have been going down. people aren t paying as much at the pump and not spending as much. good news. you know because of course we all like lower prices at the pump. it should at some point should be translating into some kind of economic growth. when you look at wages, this is very troubling. wages going nowhere. you got to start wondering at some point do we need to worry about deflation? and deflation, brett, is very, very hard to fight so that s the concern. but trish, why the disconnect then between the markets and the real economy? well it s a very good question. we have got a market that just been on fire. it s in part tied to very accommodative as they say federal reserve. the federal reserve has been keeping interest rates low at zero. for over six years. you ve got very accommodative environment in the way of lots of money printing. ....
In four years. for the day, the dow lost 92, the s&p 500 fell 10, the nasdaq gave back 21. for the week the dow gained about .1%. the s&p 500 was up fifth and the nasdaq finned up about a half a point. the dow surged about 8.5 percentage points. the nasdaq finished ahead almost 9.5 for the month. consumer spending and income growth were lower in september than in the past several months. let s get more on this and what s happening with the economy. fox business network s trish ragen is with us from new york. yeah, you know you pointed to the consumer spending number. and wages really not going anywhere. and what it tells you, brett, is once again it reinforces this very weak economic situation we re in. now one of the reasons we saw consumer prices decline was actually because gas prices have been going down. ....