businesses hate uncertainty, and what happened overnight, the u.s. firing tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base in retaliation for the attacks, it counts as uncertainty. will that escalate? finally, we still don t have a repeal and replacements, businesses both great and small are still hog-tied by the employer mandate to cover workers. final answer, bret, let s see what next month brings. bret: real quick, on the health care bill, since it faltered in congress, and who knows, it may get resurrected, but since it did commit you think that sent a signal that tax reform could be in trouble or infrastructure, and maybe that is the hesitation? absolutely paid gary cohwen t
manufacturing is a bit of a different story, bret. 11,000 jobs gained there. while that might sound solid, a month earlier, 28,000 jobs created. here s the question. is this number, which was a big menace, a one-time lift after a string of great numbers or is it an aberration? gary:told fox business no one should put much stock in one sie month number, and he actually had some street credit on that. last month, he said the exact same thing, one month does not a trend make. february was a great number. it blew out 219,000 jobs created. back to weather, experts say. this past february was one of the warmest on record. again, the weather, only a better effect. when you smooths out the bumps, the three-month average or trend, shows job growth of 178,000 each of those months, and that is quite good. there is the however part.
there is the however part. businesses hate uncertainty, and what happened overnight, the u.s. firing tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base in retaliation for the attacks, it counts as uncertainty. will that escalate? finally, we still don t have a repeal and replacements, businesses both great and small are still hog-tied by the employer mandate to cover workers. final answer, bret, let s see what next month brings. bret: real quick, on the health care bill, since it faltered in congress, and who knows, it may get resurrected, but since it did commit you think that sent a signal that tax reform could be in trouble or infrastructure, and maybe that is the hesitation? absolutely paid gary cohwen t
manufacturing is a bit of a different story, bret. 11,000 jobs gained there. while that might sound solid, a month earlier, 28,000 jobs created. here s the question. is this number, which was a big menace, a one-time lift after a string of great numbers or is it an aberration? gary:told fox business no one should put much stock in one sie month number, and he actually had some street credit on that. last month, he said the exact same thing, one month does not a trend make. february was a great number. it blew out 219,000 jobs created. back to weather, experts say. this past february was one of the warmest on record. again, the weather, only a better effect. when you smooths out the bumps, the three-month average or trend, shows job growth of 178,000 each of those months, and that is quite good.