hampton pearson has the details. >> in remarkably plane english, minutes from the med meeting say most policymakers agreed that june is too early to race key interest rate that have been kept at historic lows since 2008. data on first quarter gdp is not yet final. policymakers are concerned about the lingering impact of the strong dollar on u.s. exports and the decline in business investments due to declining oil prices. more ammunition for economists and analysts seeing the fed staying on the side lines until rater -- later in the year. >> this will direct the weakness back to the fundamentals in the u.s. that has been ignored as of late and this justifying the fed to remain on hold until the earliest of the latter part of 2015 and holding the fed on the until 2016. >> and the feds say janet yellen did discuss send an early warning that a hike might be imminent ant the -- and the timing will be on a meeting by meeting basis saying the markets are prepared. >> and the markets from an equity stand point have been marketing a slower but more consistent move up in rates over the next six

hampton pearson reports. >> no signs of a springtime rebound in the economy from the latest retail sales numbers. the april downturn saw things downs. clothing sales were up slightly along with sporting goods and online stores. the biggest bounce was garld material and building equipment and bars as the hibernation finally ended but still a catch 22 for the feds. low rates are supposed to help spending but consumers didn't spend in april, when the weather was bad in february and march and haven't been spending since last fall. >> over the last six months we've essentially flatlined. so the monetary policy with the intention to drive demand has pulled forward so much economic activity there is only so much they can pull forward. >> slow growth is another potential speed bump for the fed on the road to raising interest rates. and leading economists are wasting any time in blowering gld forecast. jp morgan chase cut from 2.5% to 2%. meanwhile the snow may have backed up but there are little signs the dollar is going away soon. it is impacting the trade deficit and tourist spending and provi

hampton pearson has more. >> led by a boost in the service sector and construction and health care the jobs rebounded strongly in april, good news for president obama. nearly the fastest pace in over a decade. >> march it turns out was worse than previously reported producing just 85,000 jobs. april, however, added nearly three times as many workers. on wall street a sigh of relief from leading economists. >> i would expect something like 200,000 from here on out. so maybe a little less than this report if there was an element of snap back there. >> the underlying trend growth of the economy is probably about 2.5% right now and that is right now. it is easing up capacity. and i think the slack is diminishing all over the place. >> but the pace of job games has slowed. just 191,000% month during the first quarter of this kbreer compared to 260,000 per month last year. there is little growth in workers' pay. about $25 an hour an average up just 2.2% in the last 12 months. at this home depot job fair just outside of boston part of a nationwide effort to hire 85,000 workers, a reality chec

for "nightly business report," i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> o g falls into the bullish camp is predicting 265,000 will return nice to have you here brooklyn. welcome. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> a assume the reason you came up with this number of 265 is because there is a huge range on the street for this particular report. if you look at the six month and 12-month report, correct? >> yeah, exactly. yeah weave seen basically payrolls running through february at the 260 mark, 260, 270 and for us we get one month of distortion whether it be weather or something else affecting the data if we think it is temporary but we're expecting some of that to show up in the april report. >> so how do you expect march? what happened? >> well, you know, ms tricky. can you look at things like -- you can look at things like leisure and hospitality and blame it on the weather. it looks like that could certainly be a culprit. but march wasn't really that bad. but really we didn't see any distortion before march. so maybe it all showed up in march. it is not exactly clear. but it does look

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. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. stocks gained ground. dow climbs 26 points to close at a new high. the s&p adds six to finish at another record as well. the nasdaq is up by 30 points. apple ended higher after billionaire investor carl icahn said the value of the stock at $240 a share. he also called on the company to buy more stock back. and home builder sentiment fell this month in what's typically a busy time for the real estate market. economists were expecting more optimism to improve sales. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. ♪ the new, twenty-fifteen ford focus believes in "more." more to see. more to feel. ♪ more to make things really, really... ...interesting. see your local ford dealer today for great lease offers on the new 2015 ford focus. or visit ford.com put your hand over your heart. is it beating? good! then my nutrition heart healt

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. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.arkets end in the red, the dow falling 86 points the s&p sheds 9, the nasdaq is off by 19 points. a disa pointing report on private sector employment helped send stocks lower. employers adding just 169,000 jobs to payrolls last month, fewer than expected. >>> and whole foods reported earnings that were in line with estimates after the bell but revenue and same-store sales fell short. shares are down more than 10% after hours. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. ♪music continues♪ [announcer] everyone works hard for a reason. working together,we can help you prepare financially for when two becomes three. wells fargo. together we'll go far. listen up... i'm reworking the menu. veggies you're cool... mayo, corn dogs... you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein... and 26 vitamins and minerals. and now with... ...twice as much vitamin d ...which up to 90% of people don't get enough of. ohhhhhhh. the sunsh