February continued the miserable string of poor employment reports by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The most jarring number is the unemployment rate, which increased by a half a percentage point to 8.1 percent. The payroll survey reported that non-farm employment fell by 651,000 jobs, roughly in line with expectations. February Report
implementation. because that s really what the next two years of the biden presidency are about. he s not going to get probably not going to get any major big legislative accomplishments with the current conditions of this congress. he will say tomorrow night he will note a few things they can work together on. president biden s identity is largely about working with the other side, so he ll talk about that and emphasize this is what we ve done so far and we can move it at least a little bit further together. part of the problem, the president gets this, he talked about it in the last midterm campaign, you can t tell people you re doing better. people have to feel it. if you look at this poll, are you worse off financially since the president took office, that s the highest number they ve been polling 37 years and 41% say they re worse off. that s the old ronald reagan question, do you feel better off than four years ago. janet yellen saying look at last friday s unemployment report.
The latest jobs report is absolutely great news. Employers created half a million new jobs last month, which is extraordinary. More Americans are employed today than before the pandemic.
working with the president and i had a choice between talking about a chinese weather balloon and a jobs report that blew away estimates, i d be talking about the job reports. neil: indeed. and the unemployment report. i m wondering, this happens oftentimes a lot. the administration has a day that you can hang your hat on and then something like this that looks more like an international embarrassment. a lot we don t know but a lot that is weird. we didn t do anything about it. the question comes up why didn t and haven t we done anything about it? your thoughts. well, it s in the larger context of china policy, which
cut. vice president harris was in chicago, and then you have democrats in congress, the house, for example, hakeem jeffries has won the support and respect of his congress. carlos, the unemployment report came out. ron klain didn t tweet just once, not just twice, didn t at least three times that i found, lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, in case you missed it. this white house is on a winning streak. i think divided government will i think the heaviest burden for biden the last two years was the idea that the democrats have unified control of the government. that s not joe biden. he a deal maker, he s a negotiator and i think he ll thrive in this. is the announcement of the