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The economy every single month. everything weve seen from the economy -- >> people are enjoying the water. >> yes, they are. what would it look like if they werent doing that? when will we be ready for them to stop? that is the biggest question on wall street right now. >> didnt he tell congress may 22nd, right, it was in the next few meetings, we saw volatility with the markets just based upon the word "few." what does few mean? when might that be, when does the tapering happen? rana, you, me, ...

I read your piece that came out an hour ago on time.com. you mentioned one of the questions you were looking for, will the fed taper? will the fed tighten? i think its important to point out to the viewer, when we talk tapering, thats tapering of the bond buying specifically. thus far as christine is saying, no change. are you surprised? >> right. im not surprised. i think the fed is really tiptoeing their way out of quantitative easing. this program of asset buying theyve been in for many years...

Now than they saw the last time they met. ironically because things are better, thats why stocks are down. because it means the fed eventually will begin to do this thing called taper. it will have to stop this practice of putting so much money into the economy every month. $85 billion the fed is throwing to the economy every month to keep it, you know, to keep it steady. at some point theyre going to have to pull that back. the stronger the economy is, that means the sooner theyll be able to do...

Some of the fed speak in language we can all digest. i know this is your beat. tell me, were awaiting this statement. what will you be listening for? >> what we know is we have seen the statement. we know theres no change in the amount of bonds the fed is going to keep buying, that stimulus into the economy. no change in its interest rate target. really i would say overall no change from the fed right now. and that is what so many people wanted to know. will the fed chief, will ben bernanke, con...

Hat leaves bonds goes to stock market. were gold. what if the fed were to say the clearest terms not only are we tapering down but were going to continue to taper down in the months to come. that would imply something stronger than just ebbing a little bit. >> heres the thing. the mind of the market. we keep talking about that. forget about rationality and fundamentalled. remember the movie backdraft. report deniro looking for the mind of the fire. the market is fixated on fed spending. even if ...

Good friday morning. welcome back to "starting point," minding your business, what a comeback, stock futures are slightly lower following the s&ps second biggest gain of the year. the dow also popped yesterday, gained nearly 200 points on thursday. investors responded to hints that the fed will soothe the dreaded tapering talk sometime next week. shares of smith & wesson are jumping 4%, preliminary sales and earnings that were a record. those sales hit nearly $590 million. the industry as a wh...

Territory. its down 20% from the recent peak. investors are concerned. stocks in hong kong and shanghai dropped as well. it was the worst losing streak of the year. tapering back a stimulus plan to pull back when growth is modest, at that. yesterday, the dow rose 100 points, then ended down 100 points. the vix is jumping as well. it has a long way to go to see what we saw during the recession. the market has wiggle room. the s&p 500 is still up 13% this year. right now, dow futures off 70 points...

Rising speculation the fed will start tapering thats what caused the jump in bond driving to over 2 percent. also watch the nikkei stock market. also weekly job lost claims and retail sales. >> we take some of the cues from their markets as well. >> this does not sound like a good one. banks are ceasing more homes in the united states. theres good news or not? >> yeah. in a strong housing market even the banks want to unload the foreclosed homes and get the homes back on the market eventually ad...

Maternity leave, child care systems. so the motherhood penalty in america is about twice as high as it is in european countries that have those better paid leave systems. >> weve talked about women dominating in college and graduate schools, going a lot more than men are. do you see this trend continuing into the enthusiastic chur? do you think educational advance pt will help women to move forward? >> well, i think that actually some of the huge gains that women have made are tapering off right...

Im kayla tausche with cnbc market wrap. stocks staging a serious comeback after a midday dip. dow jones industrial finishing 80 points higher. s&p 500 adding 13. the nasdaq climbing 22. investors now looking ahead with even more anticipation than usual to tomorrows government jobs report for may. thats because fed chairman ben bernanke indicated the central bank could start tapering off its bond buying program if the jobs market continues to improve. thats it from cnbc, first in business world...