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Conference Board Labor Differential Softens Ahead Of Payrolls

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  • Conference Board consumer confidence was stronger than expected in May at 102.3 (cons 99.0) although still represented a decline on the month after a sizeable upward revision to 103.7 (initial 101.3). The net impact was lowest consumer confidence since November.
  • The increase was led by expectations (little changed at 71.5 from an upward revised 71.7 vs 68.1 prior) whilst the present situation softened (at 148.6 from 151.8 vs 151.1 prior).
  • Along with the revised trajectory, some of the gloss is taken off by the labor market differential dipping from 36.9 to 31 for technically its lowest since Apr’21 having got close in Oct/Nov.
  • It was led by jobs plentiful falling from 47.5 to 43.5 (lowest since Apr’21) whilst hard to get increased from 10.6 to 12.5 (highest since Nov).

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