$15 billion a month. but even as it dials back support, the fed is closely watching the labor market. last month the economy added just 194,000 jobs, well short of expectations. on friday the october numbers are due. economists forecast 385,000 jobs added and a jobless rate of 4.8%. another big miss, like the last couple of months, could underscore how fragile this economic recovery remains. announcer: before the bell is brought to you by e-trade. 24/7 support when you need it the most. plus, zero-dollar commissions for online u.s. listed stocks. [ding] get e trade and start trading today. never settle with power e trade. it has powerful, easy-to-use tools to help you find opportunities, 24/7 support when you need answers,
our economy moving and getting the workplace humming again. were you surprised by that? look at september. the economy underperformance, 194,000 jobs nationwide, way below what you would want that of those 194,000 florida created 84,500 and we are estate that is resisted mandates, resisted lockdown to restrictions and empowered people to make their own decisions and we are growing jobs in our gdp much faster than states that have embraced the lockdown mentality or the mandates and vaccine passports so that is what we are seeing so far. if you want to get the economy going you would want to do policies more in line with what florida is doing, not states there using the heavy-handed government in this regard.
re-surprised by that? just look at september. the economy underperformed. way below what you would want. but of those 194,000, florida created 84,500. so we are a state that is resisted mandates. we ve empowered people to make their own decisions. and we are growing jobs and our gdp much faster than states that have embraced the lockdown mentality or have embraced the mandates and vaccine passport. so that is just what we are seen so far. i think if you want to get the economy going, you want to do policies more aligned with what florida is doing. not what some of the states that are using the heavy hand and the government in this regard. laura: part two of that interview will air tomorrow
fall back on and maybe many of these folks do. to put it in perspective, there are 10 1/2 million job openings in this country and some for really incredible pay. yet, only about 194,000 americans took up employers on those job offers in the latest month. so what is behind this disconnect? and people disconnecting from the employment world? let s go to aaron gibbs on that, an asset manager, adam lashinsky, fox news contributor and best selling author. adam, it s weird. you can understand it looks like george is there as well. i didn t mean to leave you out. told there was skype, but glad you re here. adam, what s going on? maybe a post-pandemic thing and if you quit a job or you don t have a job or a job that you don t care to go to, what is that saying? the short answer, it s a
of enthusiasm for vaccines. i think we have a hard core group that have weighed the pros and cons and for whatever reason decided they are not going to be vaccinated. i was hopeful as we saw a surge among proceed trick patients over the course of the summer that that might be the impetus for a lot of people to come forward and finally get vaccinated. we saw that in a few cases, particularly among adults who had children who actually suffered cases of the disease, but i m not seeing much beyond that. i i think that the nokes who are out there who are not vaccinated at this point are largely resistant to vaccination. what would your as a medical professional, someone on the front lines throughout this, what would your assessment be from where we are in the public health perspective that president biden would come out. coming into the office in january, we had 194,000 new cases a day and on july 4th, we were down, july 20th to about