Mark Hamrick and Ed Butowsky make up The Watch List panel to discuss the state of the U.S. labor market ahead of October’s Employment Situation report released Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. As weekly jobless claims continue to decline, analysts expect to see a rise of 400,000 nonfarm payrolls for the month. Despite some optimism on the job front, headwinds still face the economy like the shortage of workers, supply chain disruptions and inflation.