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President biden is touting his economic policies after friday's jobs report showed the u.s. labor market has steady in june with 372,000 jobs added. unemployment stayed the same for fourth month in a row at 3.6%. >> the strong hiring gains may be enough to ward off fears of a coming recession for now. but rising inflation and historically high gas prices remain top of mind for a lot of americans out there trying to make ends meet. to discuss this further, here with us now, former u.s. labor secretary tom perez, he also served as the chair of the democratic national committee and is currently r...

>> look, america's job machine is firing on all cylinders here. 372,000 jobs added back into the economy, strongest than expected and in line the last three months, which have also been very strong. 3.6% unemployment rate, again, this is the fourth month in a row at 3.6%. when you look at job creation month by month, you guys, look at that bar chart, we have a couple of revisions. march revised down slightly, april r revised down slightly. that's a 74,000 swing. this is still a very long stretch of strong job creation. 5.1% is the wage number. not bigger than inflation, of course, but it is sh...

Breaking news here at home. the new jobs numbers just released within the last hour. they show 372,000 jobs were added in june. that is more than expected. and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6% for the month. >> it really surprising. let's bring in cnbc correspondent dom chu. people keep trying to push this economy into a recession. but it will not go quietly into that dark night. this, i just have to say, and i know you cover it every day, but just as a spectator from afar, this is an extraordinary, extraordinarily resilient economy considering all of the factors that are weighing it dow...

Report showing 372,000 jobs were added, beating expectations and defying recession fears, marking a slight deceleration from may. and the unemployment rate is unchanged at 3.6%, in line with estimates. but it's also raising concerns about how to get red hot inflation under control. joining us now, jared bernstein, a member of the white house counsel of economic advisers. it's great to see you. overall a good report. employment recovering on all the jobs lost during the pandemic. that's good news. what areas of concern do you have? >> first of all, before we jump to areas of concern, which we w...

Joining us, and obviously, the federal reserve is weighing the jobs report as it considers the next move, do you think that the strong report is going to apply more pressure to raise interest rates further? >> in a word, yes, this was a very strong jobs report with an asterisk. 372,000 jobs being added that, that is about 100,000 more than what they expected. we have seen month and month, and it has eased a bit, but the issue, and the asterisk, that is the demand from buddy, two jobs for every one person working, now it is closer to 1.9, now, demand for workers is so hot, workers can demand mo...