Wall Street’s trying to shrug off last week’s concerns

Markets opened higher this morning after a spate of worrisome economic numbers caused a tumble on Friday. Those included declining service sector business activity and consumer sentiment that showed rising inflation expectations — which can be self-fulfilling. We’ll unpack. Also on the program: The Trump administration is moving ahead with the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and we’ll look at the underlying economic forces behind Canada’s ongoing political drama.