outcome of their two parts. it has an all-time high. earlier this week, we learned that businesses are still investing. that business investments for the third month in a row are positive. with trump complaining about it, i think he s got a legitimate complaint. jay powell has botched it many times. not for his actions, but also for his words. scurrying back out of wall street. there is no confidence in the federal reserve right now and he s going to have to jay powell has got to find a way to make everyone feel a lot more confident. i m not sure he s up to the pass right now. we want if i m still online shopping, is that good? charles: that s great! [laughs] you are doing your part! shannon: i m contributed to the u.s. economy! dagen: u.n. consumers nationwide. people are earning more money, after inflation. and that is the bedrock of this economy right now. charles: the american consumer has been a ruggedly strong. last thursday, target stock was up 21% in one day, hitting
we saw a retail sales. we saw walmart s number. yesterday, target stock was up 20%. can consumers stay this strong too much longer? frances: well, my contention is that if we have defaults in the credit market, we are going to see deflation. charles: but what about the american consumer? that s two-thirds of the economy. it feels like they have been doing all the heavy lifting. frances: no, it s absolutely true. that s going to affect some spending down the road. charles: right. that s the inverse of the wealth effect, if the stock market starts to come down, no matter what the reason. thank you very much. appreciate it. north carolina s governor is putting on a freeze. around the corner? or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself.
workers, and they can be necessary in a tight labor market. investors, though, wary of the costs. target stock fell 4.5% yesterday. just in time for international women s day, barbie launching a new line of inspiring women that includes historical figures amelia earhart, katherine skbroojohnso. and modern-day inspirations, wonder woman director patty jenkins and snowboarder chloe kim. mothers worried about the role models their daughters look up to. and mattel wants to inspire more young girls. ending on this. a 2-year-old girl mesmerized by a portrait of michelle obama got to meet the former first lady. this was viral last week. mrs. obama, the former first lady, noticed her staring at the photo and invited them to her office. later showing this dancing and the message, maybe one day i ll proudly look up at a portrait of
a working compromise achieved relief from the chancellor. it s been about so i am convinced that the coalition agreement we have worked on together can be just that the basis for a solid and stable government that s what our country needs and it s what the world is expecting from us awful about. expectations were high especially among martin schultz s social democrats the s.p.d. party base will have the last word over the next few weeks the parties roughly four hundred sixty thousand members will decide whether the agreement will stand as the foundation for a new grand coalition shields s message success he s a target stock we had a big influence on this agreement and we re grateful to the union parties for making compromises that were difficult for them but it chiva ball in the end just. one example in the coalition agreement fixed term employment would likely be the
needs and the world expects of us all this of a target stock we had a strong influence on the agreement that we re thankful that some compromises that were hard to get by the union parties could eventually find agreement we re doing politics for the workers of this country we want permanent employment contracts to be the norm again the practice of giving out temporary contracts for no good reason will be strictly limited as these are we ve made sure there will be more equality in the health care system. that the solidarity tax will be abolished for employees with low and medium incomes. these things will make life easier for many people right away. oh right well chief political correspondent linda crane is standing by outside the city you party headquarters or chancellor angela merkel and the social democrats struck that all important deal melinda is everybody breathing a sigh of relief or you are. well actually where i am it s mostly only the