relatively more attractive than most industries given the dynamics of these business models >> keith weiss, thank you. >> thank you for having me. >>> still near session highs, dow best day since june 24th a news update with dom chu. >> here's what's happening at this hour. citi group shares are soaring about 10% this morning so far. the big bank's quarterly profits fell 27% but wall street was expecting a bigger drop. volatilities in foreign exchange markets boosted markets there. but citi group is suspending share buybacks to bolster ratios ahead of a stricter regulatory environment. >>> consumers are less pessimistic about future inflation. expectations for price gains for the next five year fell to the lowest level in about a year >>> the government said retail sales increased by one full percent last month more than expected but that number is not adjusted for inflation prices increased by 3.1%, so real sales were down also something to keep track of, the nonadjusted retail sales back to you. >> thank you >>> check out amazon shares they're among the top gainers as wall street gets bu

keith weiss, and aaron, thank you both for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having us. >>> thest for the outlook, perhaps that were currently in recession, steve liesman shoos details. >> yeah forecasters this morning raising -- i said raising their gdp outlook further away from zero here's the data. durable goods the estimate was down, but it came in positive. and retail inventories also better than expected, up 2%. all of this leading economists to raise their forecast or suggest there's upside risk. the consensus is for a scant 0.3% print with more than a handful of negatively estimates. if it is negative, that many are using as a benchmark, but jpmorgan, i just got a note moments ago, they boosted their second quarter forecast to 1.4 steve stanley from pierpoint, he raised his, saying in a note, anything that lowers the odds of a negative print tomorrow is important psychologically. to put this in context, trading inventory led to the negative number in the first quarter. so it was to be expected it was to be expected there would be a rebound in this quarter, but the durabl