Motley Fool Money: 02.17.2012
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🗓️ 17 February 2012
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money. |
| 0:08.0 | From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm your host, Chris Hill, and joining me in studio this week for Motley Fool |
| 0:24.0 | asset management, Tim Hinton, for Motley Fool income investor James Early |
| 0:27.0 | and for million dollar portfolio, Ron Gross gentleman. |
| 0:30.0 | Good to see you. Good to see you, Chris. |
| 0:32.0 | We have got earnings news and a big deal in the snack food industry. |
| 0:36.0 | Warren Buffett has rebalanced his portfolio, and we will let you know what he's buying and selling. |
| 0:40.0 | And as always, we've got a few stocks on our radar, but we will begin with the big macro. |
| 0:45.0 | Consumer prices in January grew 0.2%. Weekly jobless claims dropped to their lowest level since March 2008. |
| 0:54.0 | And the debt crisis in Greece continues to be the debt crisis in Greece. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's just go around the table. Ron, I'll start with you. |
| 1:01.0 | What's your big macro headline of the week? |
| 1:03.0 | It was a slow week for me macro wise, but I did notice that the unemployment rate in the UK continues to rise. |
| 1:08.0 | It's actually have a 17 year high, 8.4%. |
| 1:11.0 | People are hanging their hats on that this latest increase is the slowest increase since I believe June. |
| 1:17.0 | So people are wondering perhaps there is a bottoming in the increase. |
| 1:22.0 | I don't know. I have no opinion. We'll have to wait and see. |
| 1:24.0 | But, you know, obviously Europe continues to be a troubling factor. |
| 1:27.0 | So you fully exhausted everything you have to send out US employment. |
| 1:30.0 | I did. This is like Adam. |
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