joining us is economist veronica clark of citigroup. bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. i'm matt miller. with greg bonnell. what can we expect from tomorrow's payroll data? joining us to discuss is veronica clark, citigroup economist. the whisper number is just above 700,000. what is your outlook? veronica: we have a forecast a little higher, expecting 850,000 jobs added in august. we do see two sided risk around the number. more uncertainty around the august print than the last few months. we could have more labor supply issues or we could also have a return to work as unemployment ends. greg: how important is this number? i think of this as a 1-2 punch, the first one being jay powell, the markets, but a week later you get this key data point which is pretty central to the fed's course. am i putting too much weight behind this number tomorrow? veronica: the fed has really refocused our attention on every jobs number. always some of the most closely watched today to begin every month. the fed ups the ante for every print. it