Michelle Jerrod News Today

Them working longer hours, which is like the equivalent of another 300,000 plus jobs. there was a strong labor input and companies were having their workers making a lot of goods. as you said, it suggests much better momentum at the end of the year than some of the other reports and certainly than some of the pessimism has has overtaken the markets. >> neil: all of that is very true and obvious, but its the mirror opposite of yesterday. so given the extreme swings, which is accurate? >> i dont k...

>> neil: scott martin, when it comes to the federal reserve, he was asked point blank about this. jerome powell said even if the president asked him to resign he wouldnt. what did you think of that? >> a good answer. hes more confident. with the market going up after his markets, gosh, you can a tribute 35 southbound points to powell and the group today. a nice little reunion with bernanke up there, too. havent seen him in awhile. i have to forget -- >> neil: it was like a monetary avengers team...

Overstated here, this was across the board. every key sector of the economy added jobs. think about it, healthcare more than 50,000. construction, 38,000. we saw restaurants and bars, 41,000. manufacturing, 32,000. retail 24,000. we saw the prior months also had an uptick in activity from the prior period as well. the average gains had been in excess of 250,000 jobs that kind of pace shows a pick up in activity. what would that mean and does that mean that whatever is ailing china is unique to c...