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That the general motor resolved itself. health care and leisure posting job games. the other two points i will leave you with, guys. the reason we are seeing a slight tick lower in unemployment rate is because the labor force participation rate ticked lower as well. so a slight number of people have come out of the workplace. not as many people are working. >> what did it go to? >> 63.2%. thats now the labor force participation rate which brings the u6 measure, the broader measure of unemploymen...

Money, they made .2% more on a month over month bases from september to october. thats 3% more in terms of paycheck than at the same time last year. a couple of the breakdown elements here just for your perusal, because of the gm situation, the strike and everything, there were a net 42,000 jobs lost in the auto and auto parts industries. that drove a total manufacturing industry loss overall. restaurants and bars and hospitality were the big gainers in terms of jobs. they created 48,000 of them...

Health care, professional and business services. meanwhile, manufacturing and retail-related industries saw some of the biggest job losses. ill also point out that the labor force participation rate, the number of people who are actually counted as being in the workforce, unchanged at 63.2%. the broadest measure of unemployment, that u6 number, 6.9%. it is actually lower than the previous read. what it indicates, willie, is that the labor force rate has stayed steady and more people are actually...

130,000 jobs created in august. that is lower than the 150,000 that were expected. that 130,000 number actually got there by virtue of the fact that the u.s. government hired 25,000 temporary workers in preparation for the census. the private sector creating 96,000 jobs. the lowest number since february. 11,000 jobs were lost in the retail sector. 11,000 jobs lost in the transportation sector. on the bright side, though, unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. wage growth continued to increase. i...

All of them democrats at some point. two no longer. getting pulse of people in bernie country. back to you guys in new york. steve: great reporting this morning from maple city diner. look at the new jobs numbers. it came out nine minutes ago with a fox news alert. they were expecting to add 180,000 new jobs. instead the economy added 20,000. connell: worst since september 2017 in terms of jobs added. steve: areas gained jobs, manufacturing, service industries. biggest losers, mining, constructi...

Adults seeking work increased to 63.2% up half a percentage point from a year earlier. we did see participation rates falling earlier in the 2000s as we saw the number of women entering the labor force, that slowdown also, the number of baby boomers began to retire in greater number. that was what was reflecting that. looking ahead to today, the february jobs report, the labor department expecting to add 180,000 jobs, the unemployment rate expected to take down 2.39%. we will watch for that at 8...

The white house says the very same thing. the labor force participation rate was up slightly. 63.2%. president trump touting the report. >> the economy is doing very well. were seeing wages rise more than they have at any time for a long, long time. wages are going up first time for many years. i talked about it during the campaign for over 20 years. so im happy about that. >> theres good news in there. >> absolutely. but i think when you look at the whole thing together, you mentioned that wage...

Real. self-driving cars and trucks tested on the highways right now and we need to evolve and start pushing the way we think of economic progress to include how our families are doing, how our children are doing. and things matter to the american people. g.d.p. is going to lead us off a cliff. you know, robot trucks great for g.d.p. terrible for many, many american communities. get with the program and figure out how to actually make this economy work for people. >> tucker: i sit with my jaw ope...

Now and we need to evolve and start pushing the way we think of economic progress to include how our families are doing, how our children are doing., and things that would matter tos the american people. g.d.p. is going to lead us off a cliff. you know, robot trucks are great for g.d.p. terrible for many, many american communities. get with the program and figure out how to actually make this economy work for people. y >> tucker: i sit with my jaw open i agree with you so strongly. let me ask yo...

But were chinas best customer. we could make things very difficult for china very quickly. and i think were at a point, we have to do that a. people say its terrible for the economy. of course but losing americans is much worse. >> i agree completely. >> a lot more to talk about with this meeting at the g-20 and particularly pew tip. but up next, a new report says the president is dreading his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. set for just hours from now. should he be nervous? the ...