equivalent -- if you want to think of it, like i don't know, shallots yeel o'neil standing next to danny devitonge in trend? i'll show you the three-year average of adp, fallen from 216,000 to 153,000, that's the three-month average you're looking at that would be the data you're looking at there andrew >> okay. steve, stick around. joining us now for more on this number, the adp number, mark zandi, chief economist at moody's analytics, the man behind the number. tell us what it means and tell us what it means for friday. >> the economy's weakening gdp growth in q-2's tracking close to 1%, job growth is slowing. this overstates the case it's not slowing -- i think steve did a pretty good job. take last month, this month, take the average, it's about 150k that's probably where it will be up, around 150k. >> but you're saying this understates the case or overstates -- >> overstates -- last month as we discussed, it overstated the strength -- >> overstated the strength, now we're -- >> and this month overstates the weakness the reality is growth is slowing and it's slowing very sharply, yes. >> ma