Live from the Nesac Market site in the heart of New York City's Times Square,

this is fast money. Here's what's on tap tonight. Running on empty, consumers

losing that loving feeling about the economy as worries about inflation, rates and jobs are picking up.

We'll break down how companies are trying to get price weary shoppers to start spending again.

Plus, China rising from being called Uninvestable just last summer to a major rebound this year.

What's behind the big bounce back in Beijing will take you there coming up?

And later, not just for Boomers, the new generation that's getting the gold bug a big week for a semi-jiant not named

invidia and on a Friday have a Coke and a smile a major winning streak for the soda giant.

I'm Melissa Lee coming to you live from Studio B at the Nazac on the desk tonight Tim Seymour

Karen Feynerman Steve Grosso in Julie Beal. We start off with McDonald's latest move to contend with a

penny-pinching consumer. News today that the fast food giant is getting ready to

introduce a five dollar menu to help pull diners back into its stores that

after the company posted its first earnings miss since 2022 in the first quarter.

EPS coming in two cents below estimates, revenue growth of the quarter, the lowest in a year.

McDonald's shares had been struggling since that report but got a boost after today's news

as investors seemed to welcome any relief for consumers.

After all, sentiment falling to its lowest level of the year, according to the University of

Michigan's first reading for May.

And if next week's CPI report comes in hotter than expected for the fourth month in a row.

That just adds to the pressure. So is there any relief insight for the

consumer or will we spending start to really weigh on the economy and the markets from here.

It seems like we've been forecasting the demise of the consumer for a very long time has not come,

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