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the u.s. central bank is hoping to kick start america's sluggish economy by selling $40 billion of short-term treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds. the idea is to push long-term interest rates lower even though they're already at record low ts. those are the headlines from cnn, the world's news leader. "world business today" starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to "world business today," i'm manisha tank in hon con. >> i'm nina desantos. the stock markets take a tumble. >> troubled tech giant hewlett packard could be about to give is boss a boot after ba...

a meaningful handle on the deficits and the debt. now comes of course the federal reserve. we have ben bernanke here, which has used every tool in its box to keep credit flowing and interest rates low in the wake of the great recession. at 2:15 eastern, a little over an hour from now, the fed will tell us what if anything it plans to do in the wake of the downgrade, the debt snafu, the european debt snafu and the global stock freak-outs. in the meantime, i want to bring in richard quest, just outside the new york stock exchange, and christine romans in our new york studios. i would l...

It's 16.8 to 16.9. i can't you that this is a turn around, but the signal seems to be in the right direction. >> over 100 are real jobs that are a trend line suggestion. let's go to the debunking part of this. the increase in the census jobs came this month? part of this? >> they are absolutely all part of this month. there two issues and you had the census because they started hiring temporary workers and huh an issue which was in february given the weather. temporary workers out of work because they couldn't do construction and other things. march got better and again you should see an uptic...

Passes but i can't tell you. i think it's optimal. >> i've been wanting to share this on "meet the press" for some time. looking forward, beyond the elections this fall about the political future of president obama, here are numbers that people may want to keep in mind. these are the unemployment rates in key states, in 1982, well into president reagan's first term. michigan, 16.8%. alabama, 14.3%, ohio 13.9% down through 12 and above. that went on into 1983. did it spell the end of the reagan presidency, not exactly. >> we were talking on the train yesterday and it -- it gets to the point dav...

Is this contraption, i hope it passes but i can't tell you. i think it's optimal. >> i've been wanting to share this on "meet the press" for some time. looking forward, beyond the elections this fall about the political future of president obama, here are numbers that people may want to keep in mind. these are the unemployment rates in key states, in 1982, well into president reagan's first term. michigan, 16.8%. alabama, 14.3%, ohio 13.9% down through 12 and above. that went on into 1983. did it spell the end of the reagan presidency, not exactly. >> we were talking on the train yesterday and...