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Healthy Earnings Growth Despite Slowdown in Jobs Added

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  • RE the bounce off the lows in USD and Treasury yields - some pinning move on better revisions and/or better earnings metrics.
  • Industry breakdown shows that despite slowdown in overall hiring, leisure & hospitality workers were still winners in earnings growth (1.4% growth on month, 10.3% growth on year) with transportation/warehousing and financial activities also seeing decent gains. Could be contributing to underlying inflationary narrative.
  • Treasury yields remain north of yesterday's highs at 1.32% last, EUR/USD settling just shy of 1.19

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