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Employment Situation Preview
On Friday, at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for March. The consensus is for an increase of 193,000 non-farm payroll jobs in March, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 7.7%. Here is a summary of recent data: • The ADP employment report showed an increase of 158,000 private sector payroll jobs in March. This was below expectations of 205,000 private sector payroll jobs added. The ADP report hasn't been very useful in predicting the BLS report for any one month, although the methodology changed last year. In general this suggests employment growth below expectations. • The ISM ... (full story)
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