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Hi, everybody? Welcome to the Wall Street Journal Report. I’m Maria Bartiromo. The ticking time bomb hitting inside America’s economy. One man’s fight against what he sees as a disaster waiting to happen and his solutions. My one-on-one with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. “You want to be able to draw a firebreak around the fire”We’ll talk financial reform, the state of the economy and what the government doesn’t want to do. The Wall Street Journal Report begins right now. This is America’s No.1 financial news program. The Wall Street Journal Report. Now Maria Bartiromo.
Here’s a look at what’s making news as we head into a new week on Wall Street. A crucial indicator of the strength of the economic recovery is out. The job’s number released by the Labor Department on Friday. The economy created 162,000 jobs in the month of March with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.7%. That number includes 48,000 workers hired by the Census Bureau slightly less than what analysts had expected.
The markets, meanwhile, wrapped up their strongest first quarter in more than a decade this past week. The Dow Industrials up about 4% in the first three months of the year. The best first quarter since 1998. The S&P 500 rising almost 5%, its best first quarter since 1998. And the Nasdaq closed up 5.7% for the quarter, the best first quarter since the year 2000. If you’re waiting for an electric car, you can add the Nissan Leaf to your list. The car will go on sale this December and with the government tax credit will retail for about $25,000. For more on our show and our guests, check out the website, wsjr.cnbc.com. You’ll also find a link to my blog. Check it out. Investoragenda.cnbc.com.
Now a look at the stories coming up in the week ahead that may move the markets and impact your money this week. Monday, the nation’s realtors release the pending home sales index. This is an indicator of the activity for existing homes. Timothy Geithner says the economy is getting better. The Treasury Secretary believes that the Great Recession is about to give way to a period of growth. And now that recovery must be reinforced.