JUDY WOODRUFF:

Today's U.S. jobs report was largely seen as a solid one, and in many respects better than economists had predicted.

For the year so far, the economy is gaining about 185,000 jobs a month. But for many Americans who have seen slow wage growth for years, the recovery doesn't yet feel like one, and both presidential nominees are speaking to that.

Donald Trump has proposed tax cuts across the board, including for the wealthy, as well as new tariffs and escalating battles over trade. Trump will be laying out more about his proposals on Monday, but he told voters in Ashburn, Virginia, this week that his ideas would boost the economy.

DONALD TRUMP (R), Presidential Nominee: This is the third straight quarter that the economy has grown under 2 percent and is the single weakest, weakest of any economic expansion in more than 70 years.

Household incomes are more than $4,000 lower than their levels in the year 2000. Think of it, household incomes — you're now making $4,000 less now than you did 16, 17 years ago. Another one that's very common and out there, people, many people in this room, but people are making, in terms of real wages, less money today than they made 18 years ago. And they're working two jobs in many cases.