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I say please dont pay attention to this number. this is the most important number. the number of jobs added. 134,000. not bad but not close to what we have been doing in previous months and hourly wages close 2.8%. the average hourly wage is higher than it was a year ago. still these are all generally good indicators of economic growth and ironically is what is pushing the selloff that we are seeing now on wall street. let me show you the sectors that saw the most new jobs last month. health car...

And below expectations and the monthly average for the year due partly to hurricane florence. hourly wages rose 2.8%. the president was quick to tweet his approval, touting the lowest jobless numbers since 1969. another number he did mention, 32 days until the mid-term elections. assuming that kavanaugh gets through which is a big assumption now, the job numbers the best they have been in a half century and you dont get a better picture this close to an election for a president. >> this is going...

We are just were just a few hours away from the september jobs report. cnbc will join us live from london. what can we expect in terms of the jobs that were added last month. do you have an ink wling of that? >> the market is expecting another solid jobs report. economists are forecasting 185,000 jobs were added in september. this is slightly below the levels seen in august but still quite a solid number. the other statistic to keep an eye out for today is hourly wages. experts are expecting t...

Paid to what people make. average hourly earnings up by 2.8% over the same time last year. that was in line with expectations. the average workweek for american stood at 34.5 hours. thats unchanged. participation stayed steady. 62.7%. also the unemployment the real unemployment rate is 7.5%. that was slightly higher highlights include professional and business service was, adding 54,000 jobs, health care, 26,000 jobs added and of course transportation and warehousing 24,000 added there as well. ...

The establishment number 267 inside the usda mark on inspection. look inside your fridge and make sure you dont have any of that beef, throw it out if you do. jillian: september jobs report released today. >> that is right. this is what we are looking at. economists estimate 185,000 jobs were created last month, down from 201,000 in august. estimated wages grew 2.8% year over year, a takedown from the 2.9% growth in august. ahead of this report futures pointing slightly lower. rob: thank you so ...

Tight labor market. theres about one unemployed person per job opening in the u.s. great if you want a new job. not so much if you want higher pay. expect wages to grow by 2.8% in september. that is light from august. that august number was the largest gain since the recession. higher wage growth is good for workers, but it could signal rising inflation which could speed up the interest rate hikes. the south carolina community gathering for a vigil for an officer killed in the line of duty and...

Economy has expanded about 2.8% per year. during the obama years it was less than 2%. hes doing almost 50% better. theres lots of excess capacity out there. there are a lot of people under-employed. if we get the right trade policies, so we bring back good paying jobs and shift people out of starbucks and into factories and jobs like that, we can win. in addition, hes putting in place a lot of training programs. p i think those those have great potential. >> if you look backwards, the prediction...

Candidate, and statewide are campaigning to make the state more progressive. >> peter, thank you so much. rebecca clay fish, thank you so much for joining us. what do you think the voters her most focused on? >> i think a lot of folks are focused on education right now because wisconsins economy has come roaring back. when the governor and i first ask folks for these jobs back in 2010, we were just pulling out of a very deep recession. if there was a point at which during that year we were facin...

What is he doing here and why is it important? >> i think were going to see a continued escalation between the united states and turkey for one because neither presidents like to back down when publicly cornered and, two, because were probably not going to give erdogan what he wants which is the extradition of a muslim cleric living in the united states. what we are definitely going to see is president erdogan continue to abuse human rights, human rights abuse did not start with pastor brunson, ...

Sustainable 5% is possible? >> this is like baseball. batting averages matter. president obama averaged 1.9% growth. donald trump since he came to office, the economy has done 2.7, 2.8, his batting average is 40% higher. that is what we should be emphasizing. as i see the economy going forward of the trade war doesnt derail us we will continue to grow at 3%. we havent seen that in two decades. that is terribly good news and that is what they should be running on. unfortunately mister trump is in...