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Pick one data point to be happy about and the data point i think theyre looking at isnt the unemployment rate because the unemployment rate went the other way, chairman jerome powell wanted it to go the opposite direction. it was the average hourly earnings that continued to kind of soften and thats what you saw the market react, hoping it will be a softer landing. that word to me is not in the vocabulary. soft landing would be ideal but theres more variables than just one data point. were talki...

62.3%. that is strength. >> brian: thats definitely strength, and the worry people have is on housing. we dont have those numbers yet. interest rates, people are not going to go buy a house if the interest rates are high and everything stops. >> this is a strong labor market despite the housing slump, despite the layoffs of some of the big tech companies. we got a report yesterday from adp, private sector employment is really powering ahead, well over 200,000 private sector jobs reported. i will...

See strength across the board in this hiring, leisure and hospitality, 83,000 net jobs added, health care now back to prepandemic levels for health care employment. professional and business systems 46,000 there and manufacturing, you and i talked about this earlier this morning, 22,000 jobs added there. these tend to be highly skilled, highly paid jobs, were seeing a manufacturing boom in this country right now. the labor force participation rate didnt change very much, still 62.3%. you want to...

Years. average salaries increased by by .3%. meaning that at the same time last year, versus now, youre now likely earning about 5.2% more. the labor force participation rate which is being viewed by a lot of economists as being an indicator of whether the overall job market is getting better. well that ticked slightly higher to 62.3%. that is the number of people who are actually out there in the work force right now, compare that to the pre-covid participation rate among americans in the work ...

There were 237 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, almost 36—million people have had a boosterjab, which means more than 62.3% of those aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. fans will be able to return to scotlands stadiums next week after the first minister announced that some covid restrictions are being lifted on large outdoor events from monday. since boxing day no more than 500 people have been allowed to attend. nicola sturgeon says there are some signs that scotland is "starti...

The latest figures show almost 20,000 people in hospital with covid. thereve been another 379 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test result. the number is higher than expected because of a technical issue in reporting deaths before christmas. on average in the past week, there were 237 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, almost 36 million people have had a boosterjab, which means more than 62.3%% of those aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. the onset of a harsh w...

Were 157,600 new cases per day over the last week. the number of people in hospital is rising, almost 20,000. there have been more deaths. on average in the last week, there were 237 deaths per day. on two vaccinations now. 36 million people have had their boosterjab, meaning that more than 62.3% of those aged 12 or above have had three doses of the vaccine. anyone who records a positive lateral flow test but doesnt have symptoms no longer needs to take a pcr test. it is hoped that easing this r...

On top of what it already has done, so this is going to be the big picture. i would also add, willie, the labor force participation rate, which a lot of folks like to look at as a measure of whether or not people are entering the work force again, it ticked higher. 62.4% is where it is now. it was 62.3%, and the reason why that number is important is because it is now just one percentage point below labor force participation in america just a one percentage point below where it was in february o...

Rob: the booming job market putting more americans to work than in the past three years. jillian: tracy carrasco joins us to explain. >> reporter: more people jumping into the labor market which is why we are seeing the participation rate rising. from the most recent jobs report the share of americans working or seeking work increased to 62.3%, up a percentage point from a year earlier. participation falling as the number of women getting into the workforce, the number of baby boomers retiring a...