They can hold you for no reason. Iwashington journal continues. Host joining us from capitol hill this morning is congresswoman dina titus. Lets begin with the gdp news that just came out shows the economy shrank. 9 . Are we in a recession . Guest we said yesterday that we werent in a recession. The Federal Reserve chairman powell said he didnt think we were in a recession. The job market is still very strong. Thats an indicator that we are not in a recession. And those folks who are working will be putting money back into the economy. We know what a recession is like in nevada. We survived it from about 10 years ago and this is not it. Host what are people telling you in nevada . Guest we were the hardest hit in the country. We had an Unemployment Rate of about 35 so its amazing to see the strip totally closed down in the early days of covid. However now we are the fastest recovering. People were locked down for so long they wanted to get out and have a good time and what better place
That is the lowest in five years. Anthony mason has been looking into what all this means. Reporter construction was the biggest job creator in january, 48,000 of them added. In florida, contractor ed elwell says his family Construction Business is surging and builders are hiring. Its obvious to me by virtue of the fact that its hard to get labor right now. In other words, Skilled Labor for the trades tha and thats generally an indication that work is out there. Reporter but nationally the latest job numbers were a disappointment and two months of brutal weather may have been a factor. After heading steadily higher in the last half of last year, hitting. 27 4,000 in november, job creation dropped sharply in december and january. Is this a trend, do you think . I dont think its a trend because its not corroborated by anything else were looking at. Reporter morry harris, chief economist with u. B. S. Says weekly unemployment claims have been dropping while Economic Growth has been pickin
Pelley good evening. This is our west earn edition. Were going to start with the good news in todays job report. The Unemployment Rate is down and for the right reason more people are finding work. The bad news is job creation is slowing sharply raising concerns about the economic recovery. The economy added only 113,000 jobs last month, that was well below expectations. At the same time, though, the Unemployment Rate dropped a tenth of a point to 6. 6 and that is the lowest in five years. Anthony mason has been looking into what all this means. Reporter construction was the biggest job creator in january, 48,000 of them added. In florida, contractor ed elwell says his family Construction Business is surging and builders are hiring. Its obvious to me by virtue of the fact that its hard to get labor right now. In other words, Skilled Labor for the trades that we need and thats generally an indication that work is out there. Reporter but nationally the latest job numbers were a disappoin
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Stick around to hear why this is wrong. Tom if she had a reality show, it will be called aint misbehaving. Kristin tate. He won the anticomic award, not for his company but his Pro Wrestling skills. Comedian Harrison Greenbaum. His last name is so two seasons ago. Comedian michael somerville. And he was fired from his job and he decided to compound the problem. Sitting right next to me, host of the Anthony Cumia show on compound media, Anthony Cumia. Okay, lets start the show. President trump has the midas touch. Everything he tweets turns into gold. Yes, trump is great for business, especially if hes mentioning you on twitter. Ever since he won the election, the president has been popping up companies and industries. Mashable. Com notes that everywhere you look, there is the speed to bump. Check it out. The New York Times added a record 276,000 new digital supervisors subscribers in the last quarter. Saturday night live had their highest rated show in six years, february 11th. Its not