economy. when you take a look at how much more people are getting paid, 4.2%, that's the increase in average hourly earnings in the month of march compared to march last year. that is a pretty strong number, although it's lower than the pace of inflation. so the way that prices are going up at the store is still outpacing how much your wages are going up, which really underscores the weird economy that we're in right now, lindsey. >> thank you so much for helping us break that down joining us from the white house, national economic council director lael brainard this morning the president released a statement on the report he said this is a good jobs report for hardworking americans. today's report shows we continue to face economic challenges from a position of strength how do you explain what we're seeing right now >> yeah, i think it's a really nice jobs report, 236,000 jobs created in march, and that is bringing unemployment down, so unemployment is at 3.5%.