joining us to talk about the new workweek, stanford university professor of economics, nicholas bloomhas been studying remote work since before the pandemic made it mainstream, right? nicholas: that's right. almost 20 years. it was quiet until march 2020, then it exploded. kristen: look, i need your expertise. a new survey shows most employers plan to bring workers back to the office in the bay area this month, but not in the old way. what does the new normal look like and what are the permutations? nicholas: right, first thing, only half of bay area employees work from home now. half of the folks are front-line retail, manufacturing, essential service. they have to go in hand have been going in during the pandemic. the half we are talking about are professionals, managers, people working in tech and finance. yes, most of those people will be going back two or three days a week and enjoying the other two or three days at home. kristen: ok. google is asking for three days on-site. tell us why you think most opine that three days is -- people find that three days is ideal? nicholas: hyb

nicholas thank you very much appreciate it. well, senator joe manchin is breaking from his party yet again, it's not just bbb. lauren he's shooting down president biden's fed pick, right? lauren: yeah, sarah bloom raskin , senator manchin can't support the nomination for vice chair for supervision of the federal reserve because he's concerned she does not want , "an all of the above energy policy" meaning she doesn't support fossil fuels. in the past, raskin suggested withholding capital to energy companies, to fossil fuel companies. critics, including manchin say that politicizes the fed, these are 10 year terms you don't want to do that and it hits economic growth which we are seeing right now. david: absolutely we need domestic oil production, not domestic oil punishment, which is what we're seeing from the federal government. thank you very much. let's get a quick check of the markets. the futures are actually doing pretty well right now. there's a slow down in the rise of oil a lot has to do with what's happening in china where they are dealing with covid their economy is slowing down bringing down the price of oil and we also had that news on possible talks between russia and ukraine. all