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Report. what is interesting in it, this is the 11th month in a row, martha, where weve had better than 400,000 jobs added to the economy. its a blistering pace. were now net down from the covid hikes. 1.5 million jobs. one million jobs away from recouping all the jobs that were lost during covid. thats the good news. the bad news is the inflation stuff. tucked in the report is some very promising developments on the wage front. americans wages have gone up about 5.6%. unfortunately inflation has...

Snug in their beds while visions of paid family leave danced in their heads. and ma in her kerchief and i in my cap had hopes this bill would close the wage front. out on the lawn there arose such a wail tis the gop who wants nothing more than this bill to fail. away to the policy flew like a crash, tore open the kroes tabs voters want this to pass. what to my wandering eyes should appear approval ratings down from joe from bella where. i knew if not now the bill will never come. more rapid than...

Had to do with what is happening in the economy. the president rightfully can take great credit for significant strides we have made. if you look at the economy today its a reflection that a pro growth, pro-jobs agenda can make a profound difference in the lives of the american people. unemployment is at a 17-year low in the month of march there was a record number of jobs created. number of job listings. 6.55 million job listings, a new record. there have been 3 million jobs created since the p...

4.1%. i love this chart really. it shows where weve been over the past decade. 4%, 4.1% is what it came out at, a 17-year low here. it would have been lower if you had not had people coming in off the sidelines. you saw the labor market grow a little bit because people are hearing about jobs from friends, family and the news. job reports a gain in construction, retail, manufacturing, even a little bit in mining, in education, in health care. i awe strong broad-based job growth here, again, 313,0...

240,000, and thats bouncing back after the hurricanes in september. thats a good picture of how strong the economy is. the sectors, health care up 30,000. these are a broad array of jobs, and some of them pay very, very well. businesses and services, again, a highly paid sector of the economy in many cases. and 31,000, thats a strong number for manufacturing. and construction, up 23,000 new net jobs there. those tend to be higher paid jobs. when we look at wages, up 2.5%. overall weekly paycheck...

And this is when the economy is good. do you think thats in the back of the mind of the white house? >> by the way, one measure we havent seen much progress on is wage gruj. we havent seen wage stag nation particularly among middle income and working class americans. people that might be in the trump base. youre right, the concern is, if the economy goes south, by the way be the stock market is fickle. i dont any anyone wants to be blamed one way or the other for the stock market. the stock mark...

Product. if you look at jobs numbers, they all look fine now. the question is how do they look if they begin to turn south particularly in the wage front. this is a very difficult situation. and all of these trump voters the people who supported the president their biggest issue is going to be the economy. the manager of that economy will be critical. >> thats the question for you, jennifer. the bedrock question of whether people feel like they are doing better or not is going to be about to som...

To this one but people earn not enough money when earning minimum wage. >> you seen small business sentiment rise on the idea there will be deregulation. a lot of small business owners have said im strangled by regulation if some of that red tape, if some of those fines and fees went away, that could give them a little more flexibility, especially on the wage front. >> lets talk who these people are. there is a myth its students and people in their first jobs. let me show you if you raised the m...

It did air. it included dancing or an attempt at such. this is the "nae-nae." she appears on "the tonight show with jimmy fallon" on september 16th. i wonder if she would rap. >> i would tune in. >> i think i would pay $5. speaking of money. time for an early start on your money. asian markets closed lower. yesterday was an okay day. dow climbed 77 points. the s&p and nasdaq up a bit. the big story here on the wage front. new york could be the first state in the nation with the $15 minimum wag...