we turn to two experts to answer that: brian wesbury, chief economist at first trust advisors and john manley, chief equity strategist at wells fargo advantage funds. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. let me begin with you, brian. is more fed stimulus coming, and what does fairly soon mean in fed-speak? >> yeah. well, it can mean anything. they have been saying fairly soon now for almost the past year, susie. people have been talking about this the qe-3. i personally don't think it's coming. one of the key reasons is this meet, the minutes were released. it was about two weeks ago, and that was before the employment report, which was much stronger than expected, before a very strong retail sales report, and before a very song industrial production report. so, the economy has gotten better, and as a result, i don't think the fed is going to have the justification that it wants to do another round of quantitative easing. >> susie: john, do you agree, is the economy doing good enough on its own that it doesn't need any action from the fed, what do you think? >> i'd like to think so. i thi

we will talk about it with first trust advisors' brian wesbury. also on the calendar, housing-- the latest report on existing home sales, and earnings from major home builder, toll brothers. >> susie: the recent recession was hardest for those with the least amount of education. that's why tonight's commentator believes the key to a lasting recovery is focusing on those who need help the most. here's jamie merisotis, c.e.o. of the lumina foundation. the recession that bank in late 2007 exposed how important post high school education has become, to individual success and our national economy. nearly four out of every five jobs destroyed by the recent recession were held by workers with a high school diploma or less. and throughout our so-called recovery, this group has lost another 230,000 jobs. by comparison workers with a bachelor's degree have led the way with an increase of 2.2 million jobs since the recession began. the need for more educated workers has been growing for decades and rising student debt isn't making things easier. we've reache

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brian wesbury. you are more than a plow horse to me. >> thank you. dagen: will a spike in gasoline prices force many makers to stay at home? rich edson is in washington, d.c. with much more on this. >> they are getting out of town. aaa says more people will travel this labor day holiday season than last year. 33 million americans will travel, at least 50 miles, from their homes. it is up 2.9% even with gas prices about $0.20 higher than what they were on the state a year ago. people are still planning to get away. >> do the record high gas prices and bad economic news scare people away from traveling? no. they are not sacrificing those trips. people do believe travel is important in spending time with their family. they want to go out this labor day. >> folks are still taking turns, they may scale back once they get on those trips, but it has been a pretty good year. dagen: thank you so much, rich. former and present missouri senators are expected to issue a statement at noon today calling for congressman aiken to step aside. he made those comments a