ago with the president s top economic advisor. he says the economy is showing signs of improvement, i asked if that is the case why are fewer americans in the labor market? the labor market is not shrinking in the sense of job growth. we re seeing more employees go back to work. we ve had private sector job growth for 21 months in a row. what did happen in the latest month was a tick down in the labor force participation rate but if you look at the picture as a whole, we ve seen employment growing in the private sector over the last 21 months and we re going to need stronger private sector job growth to put more americans back to work given the state of, state and local government budgets. jenna: interesting emphasis there on the private sector. right now the president is touring the transwestern building in washington, d.c. he is going to be announcing $4 billion in federal and private green building investments. the white house claims it will not only improve energy efficiency but
fortune and what happens in europe. if europe implodes which isn t difficult to imagine and we take another tick down, that will be the end of him, that s when people quit on him. which they have not quite done yet. they like him personally and they wish the best for him and they want the country to succeed. but they haven t seen that yet. average polls he s at 43%, that s a tough place to be for an incumbent president. megyn: he s still beating the generic nominees in head-to-head matchups. you hear from the other side you can t go by that. that person hasn t emerged as the guy to make his case to the american people. how much stock do you put in those head-to-head matchups? this will be a very close election. i don t think the democrats believe this will be a cakewalk. the republicans are never faced in the modern era a candidate
a report. let s turn to business. markets closed up across the board yesterday. the dow rising 82 points. nasdaq up. how will the markets react to the jobs report due out today. jeff, happy day after election to you and what are investors expecting today from that jobs report and everything else? hi luke. good morning to you. well, the economists have pence pencilled around 238,000 jobs added. that means we get a tick down in the unemployment rate which would be good news but this is the twisted logic markets at the moment. if we miss that number that might mean that the federal reserve pushes out its interest rate move. and the markets could actually be firmer on a bad number. if you follow the logic.