Nonfarm payrolls

Despite the US government shutdown, we are still expecting the release of the US Non-Farm Payroll data at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET), along with its accompanying myriad of important employment data. Is the downturn in the stock market just an… Read More

This week's major event is the release of US November Non-Farm Payrolls, scheduled for release at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET), which comes with a truck-load of employment data that is very important leading into the last FOMC meeting of the year.… Read More

The June payrolls report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a mixed bag. The unemployment rate ticked higher by two percentage points from an 18-year low. Hiring was steady and number of people joining the work force… Read More

The unemployment report for the month of May released the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday last week showed that the labor market activity surged strongly across all fronts with higher pace of job gains, lower unemployment rate and a… Read More

Job growth in the United States was falling more than expected as the US unemployment rate falls to 17 year lows at 3.9%. The decline came as some of the workers left the work force. The U.S. Labor department released the highly… Read More

The monthly nonfarm payrolls data for the month of March was released last Friday by the U.S. department of labor. Official data showed that the U.S. economy created the smallest pace of jobs in six months which was driven by mild weather.… Read More

Summary: Payrolls rose 148,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis in December 2017 October and November payrolls revised down by net 9000 jobs S. unemployment rate steady for the third month at 4.1% Average hourly earnings rises… Read More

After the holidays and end of year break, the markets will be going full steam ahead, with lots of important economic releases lined up for the first trading week of the year. Of course, most of the economic data will be focusing on the… Read More

Summary: US economy expected to add 300k on average jobs in October The hawkish forecasts come after September’s data that showed a decline of 33k Average hourly earnings expected to pull back from 0.5% increase (m/m)… Read More

The much awaiting monthly payroll figures from the US showed that the economy was hit by the two hurricanes in September. However, the underlying data although a bit distorted suggests long-term pressures building up. Summary:… Read More