The news is not as good as you seem to think....though it could be a LOT worse.
- it's the lowest number of jobs added since September. Which suggests the recovery is slowing down.
- wages rose 5.6% annually...that will just fuel inflation even more. And give even more weight to the Fed raising interest rates.
- and the 5.6% rise in wages is still lower than the 7.9% inflation rate...thus wages are not keeping pace with inflation.
As for the rests of the economy?
It does look not good.
Provides a
www.atlantafed.org
A sub-2% GDP growth is not good at all.
- all the major equity markets are down for the year. And the DOW is basically flat over the last (almost) 11 months.
- and please remember...ALL of this is BEFORE the Fed has REALLY started to raise rates to fight inflation. When they do...it seems almost certain to slow down the economy even more.
Anyone who thinks an economy with the highest inflation in 40+ years, flat equity markets and GDP around 1.5% is 'great'?
No offense, but they do not know how macroeconomics works very well.
BTW - I despise both parties so I am not biased for or against Biden.