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Government spending. americans are not stupid. they see this going on. they know weve had incredibly loose monetary policy the last year and in addition now, were spending trillions and trillions of dollars. i think theyre worried about the inflation impact of that. so am i. its the right attitude. i cant imagine why schumer thinks this is the time to push another $2 trillion and heaven knows not to push $6 trillion. its nuts. >> charles: it is nuts. this is a week that really makes you scratch ...

And purchasing less product and doing less to get the american economy going on the consumer side and i think thats the best way we can handle it. for now the uncertainty is driving us crazy. we need many months to plan and many months to go in and try to ensure we have all the footwear our consumers need in the u.s. and these tariffs are not doing anything to help with that. >> you say trumps new tariffs will cost american consumers an additional $4 billion a year for shoes. this is according t...

Slowdown. how much longer can he dismiss this? >> well, i think that the fact are to some degree right in front of us, there has admittedly been and still exists a bit of a defining line, a hardline between whats going on in the manufacturing side of the economy and whats going on in the consumer side of the economy, the rub is that were starting to see some of the leading indicators associated with the consumer side. some confidence measures, the average workweek condensing a pickup in claims. ...

Overact to a single piece of data, push buttons and follow each other like demented sheep. the worst thing is there panicky it is he can have real-world effects. in the end, the economy is not some abstract thing but a human thing, collective result of countless human decisions. should i buy that new piece of furniture? should i hire the extra worker? all of these human decisions boil down to confidence about their future. to have the wall street it is date could cause a recession just by going ...

Overact to a single piece of data, push buttons and follow each other like demented sheep. the worst thing is there panicky it is he can have real-world effects. in the end, the economy is not some abstract thing but a human thing, collective result of countless human decisions. should i buy that new piece of furniture? should i hire the extra worker? all of these human decisions boil down to confidence about their future. to have the wall street it is date could cause a recession just by going ...

Business investment has flat lined. the economy is really starting to weaken here. its going to start asking the consumer side of the economy which has been the bright spot soon because job growth is now slowing. and if job growth slows further unemployment will row rise and the consumer will know about the trade war. >> its a dark and grim scenario and should be scary for people. but nia when trump was asked about the economy late today here is how he sees it. >> the fact that i won lifted our ...

Seeing or at least the stock market youre seeing earnings reports, especially on consumer companies, coming in showing very good responses as well. starbucks, a lot of social media companies, new followers, et cetera. so consumer side is good. the business side is whats the problem and you have to imagine how much better this number might have been if not for these trade tensions because that in my mind, paul, is what is hanging over that business investment number is a lack of certainty and whe...

Seeing or at least the stock market youre seeing earnings reports, especially on consumer companies, coming in showing very good responses as well. starbucks, a lot of social media companies, new followers, et cetera. so consumer side is good. the business side is whats the problem and you have to imagine how much better this number might have been if not for these trade tensions because that in my mind, paul, is what is hanging over that business investment number is a lack of certainty and whe...

Normalized rates we have today? that would have been so easy. markets up big since 2016 election. >> there was some sign, technical market signs with bond yields a few months ago that were sort of the historically have been a harbinger of recession as year, a year and a half later. then there were the markets more recently on christmas eve that was a very ugly session. the market was open for half a day. we were off 600 points. but i equated that to the black monday session of october 19th, 1987...

"reliable sources," brian stelter has been following this all week. from a politics standpoint, its a risky strategy. when theyre worried about midterms, they sort of lay back. as we know, trump is not most presidents. is there such a thing as too much trump? >> when i see him giving all these interviews and taking all these questions, unfortunately, because he is so loose with the facts, its like more pollution being added to the air. >> from like the consumer side. >> i wish it werent so but m...