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  • The Employment Situation -- March 2022

    From bls.gov

    Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 431,000 in March, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains continued in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, and manufacturing. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in ... (full story)

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  • Payrolls rose 431,000 in March despite worries over slowing economy

    From cnbc.com

    Amid soaring inflation and worries about a looming recession, the U.S. economy added slightly fewer jobs than expected in March as the labor market grew increasingly tighter. Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 431,000 for the month, while the unemployment rate was 3.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 490,000 on payrolls and 3.7% for the jobless level. An alternative measure of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons fell to a seasonally adjusted 6.9%, down 0.3 percentage points from the ... (full story)

Not so hot.
50bp hike then 50bp again at this rate
conflicts data ..."traps"
Hmmm Trap data. Be careful
Fx market seems completely ignoring. Mixed and slightly bearish anyway. Have to wait ISM release for a shaky
one thought is not enough but two are too many
No show....
So it is time for Ukraine-related shake and bake stories!
Starting to slightly go up…let us see
BTC/USD is trying to predict 60000. Bullish mode after huge correction
Cooking the books. I'm waiting for the real numbers to come out.
"rose" by 431k. How about it being 61k less than the expected 492k.
Quoting Luxyus
Fx market seems completely ignoring. Mixed and slightly bearish anyway. Have to wait ISM release for a shaky
Can you elaborate.
People keep dying in war ,NFP dnt give much instead t took my rent,data being cooked
I got trapped today,loss taken
I live in the future
Quoting TonyTepeli
People keep dying in war ,NFP dnt give much instead t took my rent,data being cooked I got trapped today,loss taken
Sorry !!
Brenden have still yet to create 1 job.

This is still less people working than before COVID.

People going back to the jobs they had is not creating jobs, it’s just the government finally not making their jobs illegal.



Happy April Fool's Day! Nice try Brenden
I come from the future.
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