in chief economist anthony chan. great to see you guys. thank you for being here. what was your reaction to the numbers? >> what i see, wages are not rising as rapidly, that gives the federal reserve not to concern and they can continue to stimulate and help the whole economy. in case anybody thinks his number was not strong, you have to look at the expectation of what the federal reserve will do right after the numbers were released. you saw that drop by ten percentage points in october and 10% in december. still strong and suggest will get to that but it tells you the markets are engaged in feel this number was a positive number. >> you make a really good point. were on the doorstep of third-quarter earnings. one of the issues would be higher wages. this month we saw wages flat. >> and basically tells us that the margins were a big concern and not as much of a concern. >> you know that companies are concerned about trade in the uncertainty around trade, we saw catholics pull back over the last couple months. what do you think about that? >> i think the numbers ar

to "wall street journal" columnist jason riley and former jpmorgan chase economist anthony chan. you. thank you for being here. first to you on the business side of this, what could the news division do for facebook? >> it could make it a one-stop shop for people and consumers but one of the things i'm worried about is that i want to make sure if we go in that direction, that the news stories come from both sides of the aisle, that basically you have conservative and you have liberal views. david: we are going to talk about that in a second but just on the actual business side of it, do you think facebook, is this something they can monetize or is it just an imprimatur they're looking for, a stamp they don't have? >> i think eventually they will monetize it because that's what facebook does. it starts out without monetizing things initially, but eventually, all roads lead to profits and that's going to be important for them. david: let's talk about the editorial content. it's a tough nut. we already discussed the fact aoc is now being [ inaudible ] daily caller. it is difficult e

former jpmorgan chief economist anthony chan, kingsview wealth management's scott martin and last but rogers. the betting is the talks are happening. no one pulling the rug out from under them. but they have dramatically lowered expectation because of harsh words between the two sides. been there, done that, heard that again and again. everything goes down, but something could happen still, right? >> yeah. i think they could find middle ground. i think that even though i very much agree with the motivation behind the blacklist, i think it probably couldn't have come at a worse time. neil: why did they do that, whatever the justification? why now? >> with the talk around the nba manager who supported hong kong, then capitulation from the nba in that area, it could be that the u.s. said we need to take a stand on this now. ip n i'm not exactly sure why they chose two days before a trade meeting but it was certainly bad timing. neil: you think about it, the nba was already hoping to see a lot of its early pregames broadcast across china. now none of them are. that could change. but it's