adding bartenders and fast food workers that tend to pay less, but hiring is picking up in warehouses, factories, office parks, hospitals, labs. the jobless rate is 5.8%. still the lowest, lowest in six years. wages grew slightly in november, but this has been a missing part of the recovery for several years now. even as demand grows for skilled and unskilled labor, wages have not risen. that makes workers feel the recovery less. the white house argues these numbers are edge couraging but that a higher minimal mum wage is still needed cushion those lowest paid workers. on balance this week taught us a lot about the health of the economy. the best november auto sales in years. record high stocks. very strong job creation. the lowest gas prices in more than four years all pretty good signs for the american economy and the american consumer. fredericka. good news. we like that. christine romans, thanks so much. as we enter the holiday shopping season, the way we buy gifts is being cha
it s going up fast, too. there are three factors boosting the u.s. economy. the first, of course, is cheap oil. that might be bad news for shale oil producers, but it s lit an engine under the consumer and for businesses. gas is now below $2 a gallon in two u.s. states. this will give the economy a massive boost. and you see that, up goes another one with the auto sales, as the economy improves, it s securing consumers to buy more cars. november auto sales were the best over the last eight years. put all this together, the biggest gain, of course, comes with jobs. the best jobs performance for 321,000 jobs. the best since 1999. more jobs put pressure on wages, but for the moment, the only