jop dajob data showed provement in july as the the private sector hired more workers. the jobless rate improved for the first time in four months. the labor department says nonfarm payrolls added 117,000 jobs, that's the biggest monthly increase in three months. the market had been expecting 84,000 jobs. unemployment came in at 9.1%. it was 9.2% in june. >>> for more on the job data and outlook for the u.s. economy, we spoke with david wrestler, chief economist at u.s. securities international. >>> the employment is increasing. not at a rapid rate. it is increasing. we view the report as generally constructive. hiring in the automobile and motor vehicle industry, manufacturing hiring, was quite strong in july. well above a normal kind of growth rate in -- in manufacturing jobs. so we think that u.s. manufactures are, are still out there adding employees to increase production. and that's -- that's a good sign. the economy will grow at a little faster rate in the second half it did in the first half. an important part of the reason that we think so is that we're enk enc