Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130201:14:51:00
Satisfied with the state of the u.s. economy. aconsumer confidence is down dramatically, 66.7% to 58.6% in january. and joining me is alan krueger, on the council of the economic advisers for the president. we got the jobs report and i know what you'll probably say on that, good, trend lines, all this stuff, we have this conversation every month. but i want to ask you more about the gdp numbers, because it had all positive indicators, and yet what brought it down was government. what's bringing consumer confidence down is the government gridlock. so is washington the biggest problem for the ec...