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High. the jobs market is impervious. the forecast is it shows a solid 200,000 jobs added. layoffs this week in tech. job cuts at lyft. expecting big ones at twitter and amazon is freezing corporate hiring. gas prices rose a penny overnight sitting at $3.79 a gallon. let's bring in mark redman. what are you expecting? >> i think, christine, we'll continue to see some signs of moderation in hiring, but this is in the context of a still strong job market. and as we listen this week to federal reserve chairman jerome powell, you can see he's somewhat amazed and perhaps a little dismayed that the...

Syracuse, hundreds and thousands of jobs that are $100,000, good paying wages, looking at the investment in the community. that's part of what has come out of the chips and science act that went forward and was passed earlier this year. and then on top of that, as you're saying, how do we ensure that we're focusing on lowering costs to the american people? that was the signature part of the inflation reduction act that went through this summer that the president has been talking about all across the country, lowering costs on things like prescription drugs, health care, energy costs. and then ...

Less than $3.99 a gallon in more than half of the gas stations in america. in fact, $3.79 a gallon is now the most common price paid at the pump in the country. $3.79. while we're not there yet, we are on the cusp of passing the most important step we can pass to take -- to help congress help us lower inflation, the inflation reduction act. that bill will lower prescription drug costs by giving medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices, lower drug prices. that's something the american people have been promised for years, for decades, and we're on the verge of finally getting that d...

Cnn business reporter matt egan joins me now. matt, i thought you promised gas prices were coming down. >> well, alisyn, they have come down. i'm not sure if it was a promise, but they have come down. >> okay. predicted. >> that's for two big reasons, one the president released those barrels from the strategic petroleum receive. the bigger impact has been the omicron surge which sent oil prices lower. unfortunately gas buddy is saying that this is not going to last. the prices will go up next spring. they see the average price in the united states hitting about 3.50 a gallon in march and going...

In the past few weeks. could we see $4 a gallen in 2022? matt egan joins me now. this is a new forecast just out from gas buddy, shared exclusively with you and cnn. but it doesn't expect higher fuel prices next year to last. is that right? >> that's right, poppy. even a brief brush with $4 a gallon would be a really big deal because the high price of gasoline has been one of the biggest stories of 2021, something that impacted virtually every american family, and it has been one of the biggest forces in the economy and also in politics. so gas buddy is unfortunately saying that unfortunately ...