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Health care. this was stable, construction, manufacturing, retail. retail has been losing a lot of jobs so it's good to see it was a little bit same. important number here, 62.9, workforce participation rate. this should be in the high 60s. some people turned away. they decided they're not getting a job. that's why that number is low. $26.19, average hourly earnings, up 2.5% compared to a year ago. that's good. that shows we're soaking up some of the extra labor. here's a problem, maybe not for all of you, but $46.22 for a barrel of oil. it was under $44 overnight. it's a problem because when ...

This is a very, very popular sector. it doesn't necessarily mean doctors and nurses, it could mean health care who earn less money per year. retail and construction, little change. 62.9% is the percentage of people who could be working. it's been in the 60s for a long time. it's been edging down for a few years. that's a bit of a problem. some people are just not going to work, they're not looking for work. $26.19 is the average hourly earning in the united states. that's been going up for over a year. it's up 2.5%. are you making 2.5% more than you did last year? if you are making it, you're ...

See. according to the bureau of labor statistics, job sectors seeing improvement including construction, manufacturing, health care and mining. other good news. more americans dipped their toe in the job market sending labor forces higher to 63% from january 62.9%. all of this having a positive impact on staffing stocks. manpower was up pretty dramatically. 1.4%. on assignment, up 1.6. barrett's businesses services gained 2.7%. sector rallying 29% since election day. the upbeat report fueled speculation of a rate hike from the federal reserve next week. hey, it wasn't all good news. the number...

67% really back around the year 2000. and then it went down, went up a little bit, but it's now down to 62.9%, which is the lowest level since 1977. we have fewer men of working age in our labor force than france does. we have about the same percentage -- >> stop there for a second. >> we have a fewer lower percentage of working aged men in our labor force, either working or looking for jobs, than france. >> holy cow. >> we have approximately the same percentage of working age women in our labor force as japan, which is not exactly thought of as a bagz. >> why are we doing so poorly? >> a lot ...

Any time an evacuation is issued you need to take this seriously and do so. right now we have a number of flood warnings along the mississippi river, from southern parts of illinois still where that flood crest is way south across eastern parts of arkansas. illinois still dealing with flooding even though the crest is way south. areas that are going to get hit hard over the next week is vicksburg, mississippi anna , mississippi, natchez has already broken a record even though they are not going to see that river crest until may 21st, they already broke that record of 58 teeth in 1937. right no...