mark zandi diane swonk and austan goolsbee. let s get you up to speed on today s market agenda and we turn over to andrew. a dow jones news wire survey says the economy will likely add 125,000 jobs last month. that is going to be the baseline, whether we go over or under. the employment rate is seen holding steady at 8.3%. average hourly earnings forecast to rise by 0.2%. meantime, job posting site monster reports monthly gauge of online labor demand rose from july to august, leading the way, agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting. the jobs with fewer postings, public administration and educational services. so, that s where we ll be. what s your number? i m surprised you said that, andrew, 125,000 after yesterday s adp report. i thought it might actually rise. it should have. you would think some economists wouldn t bring that number up. i should say there are other studies out there showing now some people are talking about 140,000, 150,000. that s what i thi
purchase of a quan tiff. microsoft made the deal in 2007. at the time the time they made the purchase to catch up with google in search related display advertising. steve? thanks, michelle. pre-holiday shortened session for wall street today. equity trading will wrap up at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. there will be no trading tomorrow. but the flood gates will lift on jobs data on thursday with the adp and challenging reports. plus the jobless claims. all that ahead of friday s government jobs report. today the focus turns to automakers. the big fear rolling out june sales which are expected to fall just short of 14 million annual rate. this would be the second month in a row under 14 million. the shares are up 21% compared to a year ago. the fdic and the federal reserve are expected to publish the public portion of the living wills of big banks and financial institutions. it will be by the end of business day today. the first group of reports are from bank of america, barclays,