addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione
reaction. we can have to, um to the jobs report. what does this mean for the fed and its crusade against inflation? is this a sign that the strong american job machine is slowing down a little bit? that s exactly right. the jobs machine is, in fact slowing down again. i do think that s consistent with, you know, we we ve had a prolonged period of elevated jobs growth really, since the you know the pandemic lockdowns ended. and so it s not surprising me that that rate of growth has started to slow. i think what is surprising is that jobs growth has remained positive. despite all these negative shocks that the u. s economy has had to absorb so starting with the russian invasion of ukraine, and then more recently, you know, we have this opec supply. my shock and the banking crisis. and across all these different incidents and over the last 2.5 years, u. s economy has continued to add jobs. that s me, i think underscores the resilience of the of the demand for labor
(Archived document, may contain errors) 110 July 31, 1984 COMPARABLE WORTH IS NOT PAY EQUITY INTRODUCTION The House of Representatives apparently wants to put the federal government back into the business of wage controls permanently. This is the unmistakable message of the comparable worth bill, H.R.5680, passed by the House on June 20 by a stag- gering 413 to 6 majority. Though the bill's proposals are modest and designed to seem harmless, they are an important step toward increasing federal control of the U.S. economy.
look, america s job machine is firing on all cylinders here. 372,000 jobs added back into the economy, strongest than expected and in line the last three months, which have also been very strong. 3.6% unemployment rate, again, this is the fourth month in a row at 3.6%. when you look at job creation month by month, you guys, look at that bar chart, we have a couple of revisions. march revised down slightly, april r revised down slightly. that s a 74,000 swing. this is still a very long stretch of strong job creation. 5.1% is the wage number. not bigger than inflation, of course, but it is showing you that paychecks are still rising and rising at the fastest pace they have in a long time. and it looks to me like this is pretty broad-based, the hiring we re seeing, professional and business services, that was an increase of 74,000 in june. leisure and hospitality adding back 64, 67,000 jobs,
expecting. they were only thinking it was going to be like 150,000. the unemployment rate is 4%. president biden perhaps unsurprisingly welcoming of course this strong jobs report at the white house. watch. america s job machine is going stronger than ever. fueling a strong recovery and opportunity for hard-working women and men all across this great country. america is back to work. i want to bring in from the white house brian deese national economic council director. good to have you back on the show especially on a day like today where there s plenty of news for t good to see. you good to see. you i don t think you would quibble when i said there are probably good surprises in your view in these job numbers not just the top line but upward revisions in previous months, right? november and december the number of jobs really top 700,000. can you talk about the disconnect here, why they were revised up so dramatically, why