FBC Countdown To The Closing Bell July 18, 2013
The number while actually pretty good doesnt necessarily give the clearest of pictures because of scheduled auto plant retooling shutdowns, some of which arent shutting down at all because auto demand so strong, so that skews the number. Both ford and chrysler will keep most of their plants running with workers staying on the assembly lines, and you also have to figure in how the holiday over fourth of july, midweek, kept people off the unemployment lines. It was good enough for investors to press the buy button, dow up about 118 points before trimming back just a bit. Were still higher by 82 ...
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