and what this means is julia pollack chief economist at ziprecruiter julia, thanks for being here. all right. we do have a lot to get to today. so let's start off with the latest data from the bureau of labor and statistics. it exceeded expectations when it came to job growth. the door the dow from what we know apparently soared as a result today. what are some of those other key takeaways from the report that we can get? i think we're having a little bit of an audio issue on your end. i'll give you just a moment to adjust your audio. okay know obviously with our work at home culture and doing a lot of zoom the past couple of years, undoubtedly we still have technical issues. oftentimes that mute button is still on. there we go. i can hear you now. >> can you? >> okay, great. i just i usually use a yeti speaker, but i'm moving back to the laptop. so here we go. um this is this is the beauty of live tv. >> so let's get right to it. >> this was a very mixed report. yes, the top line number looked like a blockbuster when the report first dropped, but under the hood, uh, there are very

joining me now, zip recruit or chief economist julia pollack, heritage foundation economist and formere moore, chief investment officer louis navalier, manpower group chief commercial officer becky mankowit dis, also charles payne and rebecca waltz or. charles was talking about revisions, we've had them every month. give us your expectations as we we await the jobs report. >> yeah, charles is spot on. these numbers are just like a yo-yo going up and down and all over the place. you have two different surveys that survey households, survey establish wherements. they've been divergent. i think we're going to -- i would bet on turned on that 180,000 job number probably because the household number last month, you know, was lore than the other one with. -- lower than the other one. there's also a tine -- sign of a slight slowdown in the economy, and you've seen more layoffs announced in the haas month. cheryl: yeah. it's interesting, julia, because we were talking about the type it is of jobs that were out there, and, you know, we were saying it's government jobs, it's health care, it's so

julia pollack, steve moore, louis, becky and rebecca walser, guys, thank you so much for all of you joining me today the on this jobs report. that is out for me on this friday, and i want to relate you all know -- let you all know that maria will be back on monday right here on "mornings with maria" on fox business. coming up right now, "varney & company" is away, and, stuart, take it away with, sir. stuart: if you insist. good morning, cheryl. great stuff. good morning, everyone. let's get straight to the jobs report. it's important. it gives a punt hint of where interest rates are going and how your investments might perform. 216,000 jobs added to the economy last month. the unemployment rate finished the year unchanged at 3.7%. now, put it all together and i'll call that a strong report. and here's the market reaction. dow industrials, s&p 500, nasdaq all on the downside. not by much, but there's red ink on the left-hand side of the screen because that was a strong report. now here's the key, the yield on the 10-year treasury, it's going straight the up. look at that, well above 4% on th

we talked live with julia pollack, a chief economist at ziprecruiter, about whether that trend will lastecause productivity growth is so high, we should be able to sustain wage growth like this without it. >> you know, adding more inflationary pressure to the wage market. uh- typically nominal wage growth of around 3.5% is what the fed would want to see with 2% inflation. that gives workers a 2% bump to keep their wages, uh, you know, level of prices. but an additional bump as well to reward them for productivity growth. >> the report is crucial for the federal reserve as it considers cutting interest rates as early as march or may. >> the us supreme court will hear the appeal of former president donald trump's disqualification from the colorado gop primary ballot, and we'll probably hear it quickly. we're told colorado barred trump under the 14th amendment, saying he engaged in insurrection on january sixth. and yet trump is among the list of candidates certified by colorado secretary of state. today was the deadline, and tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the deadly january sixth