Quiet. Youve really got to believe, with the tone we got from the president last night, i thought more invigorated than the recent days, that this is really going to heat up into the kind of Campaign Money people have been expecting, as you say, with 20 days to go. Jonathan heating up on capitol hill as well. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi under a little bit of pressure. A 2 trillion game of chicken playing out in washington, d. C. Tom shes going after wolf like,r of cnn, which is, unamerican to do that. [laughter] seriously, talking to mr. Adams of kentucky, mr. Adams made clear that mr. Mcconnell is comfortable there. Political report came out about 4 00 yesterday afternoon and went to a seven seat dane for the democrats seven seat gain for the democrats in the senate. The momentum in the change is now extraordinary. Jonathan the shift has been phenomenal. Weve got to talk about the back numbers as well this morning the bank numbers as well this morning. Bank of america provisions lighte
Today in some of the comments out of retailers like burlington, anf, dollar tree, and Dollar General yes, if you look at the Dollar General, the numbers are just extraordinary i actually have never seen a Comp Store Sales number this good 21 versus 7 estimate. Dollar tree is going to be the one, david knows this well, people look like, you know what, now the dollar tree Family Dollar merger which had been so on the rocks, the judgment is its working and that stock could power much higher. Dollar tree. The opening trade is sapping the money out of tech. I dont know how much longer it can last thats such a great book in gary because he knows so much about what people are spending theyre essential because they have food, and i look at this market and i think how long with the dow up 4 can we actually say, hey, the reopening trade is just starting . Its already maybe too far too fast its very hard to figure, particularly because faang is being distorted by the president s tweets, facebook
Economy. Well be looking for things affecting the outlook of the u. S. Economy, particularly as it relates to zblrchlts all those things in principle can affect the achievement of our goals its an unusual situation because you know the u. S. Economy itself, the largest part of it, the consumer part of it, is in strong shape the manufacturing part, less so. Overall you see an economy that generally forecast shows growth similar to our own forecast coming in at about 2 . Significant risks to that outlook from not just the geopolitical events but slowing Global Growth. Well be looking at all of that and also Financial Market conditions and how they are affecting the outlook. I cant it is a challenging time i admit it were not on a preset course well be making decisions meeting by meeting as we see this and well try to be as trance parent as we can, as we go. Sparent as we can, as we go with the rate cut today and modest adjustment coming down the road, do you worry about lessening the fed