Know so so going into that but the Federal Reserve has already cut rates twice this year and it looks like people are expecting for them to cut rates once again in their meeting next week and then again in december when they meet again so people are looking at these expectation of federal the feds cutting their rates 2 more times just this year and thats the most that its happened in decades actually you know unemployment has traditionally been a lagging indicator so president boasting about what a strong labor market this is thats not really saying much at all so meanwhile on the trade front with President Trump theyre set to meet with china next thursday for their 13th on trade talks is there any improvement in their relations well the u. S. Merchandise trade deficit narrowed from july to august according to this new report released today by the u. S. Department of commerce but the china trade deficit looks like it narrowed down in august as exports rose to a fire much high in the u.
A look at the composition of job gains that wasnt so great with only low paying jobs in education and Health Category at the top meanwhile you have a d. S. L. Ration of wages in high tech which previously was the fastest wage growth and this all comes as the worlds 2 largest economies remain in a tit for tat trade war with no solution in sight heading into the 13th round of trade talks next week so with this mixed bag report expectations for an october rate cut declined to just about 75 percent from 93 percent. And here to dive into the details with us is our 2 correspondents are among tuesday well go sarah welcome back you know these numbers that we got out today what are the projections look like generally and perhaps more importantly how did they do compared to expectations for the alterations according to the u. S. Bureau of labor statistics so to stix the Unemployment Rate did decline to 3. 5 percent last month this is the lowest since december of 1969 so. Again but the nonfarm pa