happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to