back to the breaking news, the surprising positive jobs report in january showing 467,000 jobs add aid long with revisions showing an additional 709,000 added in november and december. joining me now, labor secretary marty walsch. good to see you. i know the white house was suggesting we brace for a disappointing number. so, was that a little bit of expectations game? are you genuinely surprised? what do you make of the fact that we defied expectations so dramatically? first and foremost, very pleased with this report. and maybe i should be a little stronger than that, but, you know, i think we re working this a month at a time. you know, a couple things i ll point out right off the bat is that the american economy, american workers and companies are more resilient right now today in 2022, february 2022, than we were march, april, may, june, july of 2020. we re learning to be able to
president joe biden is ending this week with major economic wins. a record 6.6 million jobs have been added to the economy during president joe biden s first year in office. beating president jimmy carter s record of 4 million jobs during his first 12 months in office. the u.s. added 467,000 new jobs last month, despite a surge in omicron infections. revised numbers for november and december also show that the u.s. economy actually gained 709,000 more jobs than was previously reported. the unemployment rate is still very low, at 4%, but in another good sign, another 1.4 million people entered the job market. joining us now, heather long, editorial writer and columnist
january. jobs numbers from january december rose up. adding an additional 709,000 jobs. there is no denying that the biden democratic party fiscal policy is working. the economy is booming. former secretary labor under president bill clinton, author of the system, who worked it while we fix it? she serves as a chief economist in the department department of labor during his administration. they both join me now. betsy, let me start with you. it was because of the adp numbers. a consensus expectation of, either very bad report, or not great report. some were expecting job losses. what were your reactions to the figures we got today? well, the figures we got today were a little bit surprising. but, i think, what we all knew was that . businesses weren t shut down because of omicron. look, there are still millions of people who are out sick. i think we shouldn t downplay
surprisingly huge number. a major major economic improvement. the u.s. added 467,000 jobs and the reports got major revisions up 709,000 more jobs than were reported at the time. on top of that, participation in the labor force seems to be recovering. now 62.2%, the highest since the pandemic start jd the news is a welcomed surprise as far as we know to the biden administration as it tackles franlgic matters. the white house warped last week that the numbers measured on the mid-january and omicron just starting to peak in most places and feared it could be low with the pandemic seemingly sidelining millions of workers. cases here at hope are down more than 50% since then at the lowest point since late january. a good day to be the white house chief of staff.
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