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On wednesday the fed chief will testify on monetary policy before the financial house services committee. investors want to know whether the fed is still on track for more interest rate hikes this year. and when it will begin shrinking its $4.5 trillion balance sheet. now, most economists say friday's strong job report gives room for raising interest rates. they added 222,000 jobs in june. the unemployment rate did tick slightly higher, because more people joined the labor force. now, later this week, investors will turn their attention to bank earnings. jpmorgan chase, wells fargo and citigro...

Their pentagon weapons. and hackers who stole security files from government employees got away with 5.6 million fingerprint records. that is 4.5 million more than originally reported. that is coming before the state visit to washington from chinese president xi jinping. they believe china is responsible for the data breach, but they are not going public with the suspicions other than to leak them to the press. time for an early start on your money. stocks lower in asia. shanghai up 1%. closing up 1%. european shares and u.s. stock futures up a bit. a down day for the dow yesterday. down 5...

Welcome back to "early start." it's "money time." stock futures pointing lower this morning, a day after the s&p 500 closed at a record high. the fed chief, janet yellen, she's blaming the weather for recent economic weakness, and she says interest rates will stay low for some time. but you know, investors are cautious. we've got a new gdp report later this morning. it could show that fourth-quarter economic growth wasn't as strong as expected. take a look at these stock numbers on this, the last trading day of february. yes, ladies and gentlemen, your 401(k) should probably be positive for th...

>> alison kosik joins us with this week's wrap from wall street. >> hi victor. stockings posed the second rally in a row. tuesday, the dow had its biggest gain in a year, up almost 200 points. one big reason, janet yellen. the new fed chief. comcast has agreed to buy time warner. the $45 billion deal would combine two of the country's biggest cable operators but that could raise red flags because the company could have control over the market. regulators would need to prove a deal. a deal in the retail sector, j.a. bank will buy eddie bauer. it will help bank expand into new areas like footw...

Night, as indra was saying, it turns to rain, turns back to snow, it freezes, it unfreezes. this is a mess and it's going to be a mess until tomorrow morning, at least. let's check in now in washington, where you know, they always handle snow and storms so well. i'm not being honest about that. >> i was looking forward to testimony today from janet yellen, the new fed chief. she will not be testifying today because the federal government is closed. they're looking for what, i think 8 inches of snow this morning? ice as well in the nation's capital. erin mcpike is live for us in the washington ...