"Tariffs are working. I've been on the road, as you know, in 32 states out of my 50-state tour. Tariffs are working. How do I know this? Because companies are reinvesting in the American workforce, Chavez-DeRemer replied, adding: We're seeing the consumer confidence up. We're seeing real wages up year over year, almost 4%. Real wages are up. Blue collar boomI talk about it. It seems like something that is rhetoric, but it's not because that's what we're seeing on the ground."
"Well, 22,000 jobs underperformed just a bit, but it's still in the positive. Almost a half a million jobs have been created since the president took office. It's gonna take some time. But again, when everybody's working for the American people and the American worker and somebody chooses not to, and they're instrumental in those decisions that affect the market, that affect wage growth, that affect all of those thingsdo your job."
August added just 22,000 jobs, well below the roughly 75,000 expected, and June was revised into negative territory, the first month of job losses since the pandemic. Tariffs are credited with prompting companies to reinvest in the American workforce, contributing to higher consumer confidence and nearly 4% year-over-year real wage growth. Blue-collar wages rose about 1.4% while unemployment remains steady. Nearly half a million jobs have been created since the president took office. Calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and for leadership to act to support wage growth continue.
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