jobs report any minute now at a bill signing. but let s look at the numbers. joining us is rahel solomon and jeremy diamond. let s look at the gains. the fact that this was more than twice what experts were expecting. and so some experts have said that this was an uncomfortably hot jobs report, at the very least it was surprising. when you look at the report and where the jobs were, line after line, industry after industry, it was growth, growth, growth with some of the largest gainers in industries like leisure, professional services, health care. 57,000 jobs being added for government. and when you look at month over month sort of what we re seeing in the labor market, look, i mean, we are still on an upswing. you would have expected between some of the reports that we ve been hearing that maybe we would start to see some cooling in the labor market, that this number the july number would actually be declining. but that is not what we re seeing which leads me to when you
jobs report any minute now at a bill signing. but let s look at the numbers. joining us is rahel solomon and jeremy diamond. let s look at the gains. the fact that this was more than twice what experts were expecting. and so some experts have said that this was an uncomfortably hot jobs report, at the very least it was surprising. when you look at the report and where the jobs were, line after line, industry after industry, it was growth, growth, growth with some of the largest gainers in industries like leisure, professional services, health care. 57,000 jobs being added for government. and when you look at month over month sort of what we re seeing in the labor market, look, i mean, we are still on an upswing. you would have expected between some of the reports that we ve been hearing that maybe we would start to see some cooling in the labor market, that this number the july number would actually be declining. but that is not what we re seeing which leads me to when you look at al
now is ut bebeing cut off. and china is sanctioning nancy pelosi and her family. and it is very concerning that precisely at the moment when we are entering this crisis over the taiwan straights, the two sides are now cutting off these ties. that increases the risk of m miscalculations or accidents. and right now, we are seeing a war of words play out as well. the u.s. and china are both trying to paint the other as the instigator of all of this, china is accusing the u.s. of provoking this crisis by failing to stop pelosi from going to taiwan. china claims their actions are justified to defend their sovereignty. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken says that china has chosen to overreact to pelosi s trip and using it as an excuse to carry out the provocative military activity we ve been seeing. china continues to fly a large number of warplanes in to taiwan s self declared air defense zone. state media reported for the
plenty of opportunities out there. the bad news is if wages being offered aren t keeping up with the cost of living, that is a cold comfort. people are able to get a job but seeing their grocery bill go up, they are seeing their rent go up, almost everything that they spend money to get more expensive. so yes, i understand why people are still pretty pessimistic. from an economist perspective, everything that we re seeing just doesn t follow the traditional model. at this point following a model is hard too. yes, there is so many uncertainty. that has been the case obviously since the pandemic began. but especially because of all of the mixed messages, there is so much noise, it is hard to figure out which is the number that we should be paying attention to, should it be the job groelt
worth pursuing. whether they actually will be able to do that, i ll leave that up to the fda. but to approach that as an alternative way, i very much am in favor of. i also want to get your take listen, it has been a tough 2 1/2 years i think for you on a number of levels. a west virginia man was sentenced yesterday to three years in federal prison after he sent threatening emails threatening to kill you and your family because of your work fighting covid. i m curious your reaction to that sentence. well, i mean, i believe that law enforcement did what law enforcement was supposed to do. i don t really want to make any comment about that particular individual. but i mean obviously and unfortunately, other health officials, me because i m such a very visible person, have received everything from