Fox’s Kudlow Dings Conservatives for ‘Trying to Dig Holes’ in ‘Blowout’ Jobs Numbers: ‘It’s a Very Strong Report’

Larry Kudlow extolled Friday’s jobs report showing that the U.S. added 353,000 jobs in January, which lowered the unemployment rate to 3.7%. The Fox Business host noted that conservatives may try to downplay the data, but, “It is what it is.”

The number of jobs added far exceeded economists’ expectations of 185,000.

The former economic adviser to former President Donald Trump is a frequent critic of President Joe Biden, but on Friday’s edition of Kudlow, he offered a glowing assessment of the latest employment figures:

We had a blowout jobs report – more than twice the consensus expectation. Now, I know many of my conservative friends are trying to drill holes in this report. But you know what, folks? It is what it is. It’s a very strong report. Not every economic stat should be viewed through a political lens. I’ve been in this business a very long time, and sometimes you just have to throw away the ballot box and just recognize the numbers. They are what they are. This was a very strong report.

Kudlow says the data “is a good thing no matter what your party registration is.”

He further noted that average hourly earnings for blue-collar workers rose to 4.8% year-over-year, along with worker productivity.

“Plus, over the past three months inflation-adjusted real wages increased by 4.5%,” Kudlow continued. “So, typical working families got a nice real wage boost for a change.”

The host’s remarks came a day after he issued a mea culpa while admitting he was wrong to predict there would be a recession in 2023.

Watch above via Fox Business Network.