 On WTOP, of course, we bring you money news. Each half hour at 10 and 40 past the hour. Dan Ronin here to wrap your business week this early hour. Stocks closed down on Friday, but for the first six months of the year, they're roaring, especially on the S&P and the NASDAQ. The S&P is up 14% for the year. The NASDAQ, 18.5%. An important economic measure that the Federal Reserve watches very closely. In May, slowed to its lowest level in more than three years.