hiring felons to ease labor shortages >> that is quite a statement and a special thank you to hampton pearsonlast bathe book with us let's get some reaction to the beige book cnbc contributor also with us. i heard a lot of moderate, ron >> the first quarter for 12 years has been weaker than expected that's a throw away number you see pockets of strength, they talk about the labor shortages, companies trying to pay more to get truck drivers, to get others to come to work. relaxing restrictions on employees. you also see some weakness in consumer spending, which is surprising, although that has shown up in some of the data as well it's a mixed economy, it's generally pretty strong. there are the uncertainties they talked about with respect to trade. those are increasingly important. >> also with us, oppenheimer management asset bill stone joins us as well. >> what did you hear in terms of implications for the federal reserve, and the markets, prices rising moderately. anything to change the game and the forecast. >> no, but i think it's generally good news, they talked about the economy getting