Alex Ossola

And the unemployment rate inched down to 4.4 percent.

That's pretty low historically, which is good.

To help us dissect the latest job numbers, I'm joined now by WSJ economics correspondent Harriet Torrey.

Harriet, in your story, you quote an economist who says we're at an inflection point.

Walk us through that a little bit.

What has been on employers' minds this year that's been making them wary of hiring?

We know the Fed has been very concerned that the labor market could all of a sudden take a turn for the worse.

What does this jobs report signal to policymakers?

That was WSJ economics correspondent Harriet Torrey.

And speaking of today's jobs report, President Trump last night posted some stats from it online that were supposed to be confidential until this morning.

The White House says it was an accident.

The Coast Guard took control of an oil tanker early this morning, the fifth such seizure in the U.S.

campaign to track down Venezuelan oil.

And U.S.

officials say they're looking at other ships that are trying to evade the U.S.

blockade on sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.

The Trump administration has big plans for the country's oil.

As you've heard from us this week, President Trump says Venezuela is turning over up to 50 million barrels to the U.S.

and the money from those sales would benefit both countries.

Some economists say this plan could actually help Venezuela's economy.