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September Employment Report Comments and more Graphs
This was a disappointing employment report with 142,000 jobs added, and employment gains for July and August were revised down. Also wages declined slightly, from the BLS: "In September, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, at $25.09, changed little (-1 cent), following a 9-cent gain in August. Hourly earnings have risen by 2.2 percent over the year." There is always some variability in the month-to-month employment reports, and my general reaction is R-E-L-A-X. Jobs gains are still solid year-over-year, and I expected some slowdown in job gains this year - also recent gains are ... (full story)
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