positions, and financial services grew by 15,000 jobs. now, the president s top economist said that the report showed continued progress in job operation but not enough progression, and he called on republicans to support the president s jobs proposals or at least do no harm. there are a number of steps that congress could take, but most importantly they shouldn t take steps backwards. they shouldn t shoot ourselves in the foot by having a shutdown over the budget or, worse yet, the unthinkable, another fight over the debt limit. but house speaker john boehner said in a statement, quote, nearly five years of aggressive intervention by washington, the stimulus era of excessive spending, excessive red tape and aabuse by agencies like the irs, has left our economy treading water with slow growth, high unemployment, and stagnant wages. he said republican jobs proposals would work better. harris? no doubt, peter, people know it s true. if you ve been out of work for a
i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that s a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let s get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty widespread. in professional and business services, 70,000 jobs created. leisure, hospitality, health care again. but even manufacturing and health care jobs, those have been two bright spots the past couple of months. health care for maybe the past year or something. one thing that s interesting about these numbers is 243,000 jobs. we ve had a hard time having jobs growth like this and sustaining it. the
that he want add two year pay freeze for the federal employees. now he seems to be shifting that. republicans on the hill have been talking about a pay freeze as a way for pay for various jobs proposals that have been floating around, and the house majority leader jumped on the proposal and the fact that the president was, again, with rich cordray saying the white house made clear they do not intend to work with congress in the coming session as the president moves into full time campaign mode and house republicans are ready to work together. work together on what? what the president said is issue one, extending the payroll tax cut for a full year rather than just two months, something that they will fight out. shepard: thank you, ed. and now breakdown the jobless numbers, a 15-year veteran with the u.s. news and world report covering corporate and consumer trends. we get the numbers and it is
on that because in 2007 when he talked about deficits he said that he want add two year pay freeze for the federal employees. now he seems to be shifting that. republicans on the hill have been talking about a pay freeze as a way for pay for various jobs proposals that have been floating around, and the house majority leader jumped on the proposal and the fact that the president was, again, with rich cordray saying the white house made clear they do not intend to work with congress in the coming session as the president moves into full time campaign mode and house republicans are ready to work together. work together on what? what the president said is issue one, extending the payroll tax cut for a full year rather than just two months, something that they will fight out. shepard: thank you, ed. and now breakdown the jobless numbers, a 15-year veteran with the u.s. news and world report
track as a country. in his first fund-raiser in two weeks, president obama attend add private resepgsz last night in washington. dnc officials estimate the night would bring in $800,000. that followed an afternoon announcement where the president unveiled executive actions targeting the nation s servicemen and women. the programs which include customized job search assistant and online job bank, aimed at pressuring republicans to pass the next part of the americans jobs act which provides tax credits to businesses hiring veterans. the president once again urged congress to move forward on his jobs proposals. we ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families and their jobs and risk their lives to fight for our country. if last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when they come home. there s no good reason to oppose this bill, not one. our veterans did their jobs. it s time for congress to do theirs.