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From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.

Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here.

I'm your host, Crisell, and joining me in studio this week

from Motley Fool Inside Value, Joe Megger, from Motley Fool Income Investor,

James Early, and for a million dollar portfolio, Ron Gross.

Good to see you guys. How do you do, Crisell?

We've got a big show. We've got a big deal in the energy industry.

We've got big layoffs on Wall Street, and we've got a consumer brand

with big plans for the future. As I said, it's a big show.

It's a lot of pressure. It's not above two.

I think we're up to the task.

We're going to start with the big macro, and that is the November jobs report.

Here are the numbers. Ron, 146,000 new jobs added.

That's against a forecast of 85,000.

So better than expected. Unemployment fell to 7.7%.

It's the lowest in four years. What do you think?

I hate to be a downer.

Oh my gosh. I was trying to be excited.

I'm not impressed. I'm just not. It's better than expected.

So I'll put that in the plus column.

But the unemployment rate went down because another 350,000 people left the labor force.

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