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March employment report.....................>

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US DATA: March employment report
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- Nonfarm payrolls above-expected +196k vs +175k BBG expect, +170k MNI
- Hourly earnings soft +0.1% vs +0.3% BBG and MNI expected. Feb still +0.4% 
- Net upward revision of +14k for Feb (now +33k) and Jan (now +312k)
- Private payrolls +182k, but retail -12k. BBG expected +177k, MNI +165k. 
- The unemp rate as-expected 3.8% (3.811% unrounded vs 3.821% Feb).
- Y/Y hourly earnings now +3.2% Mar vs +3.4% y/y in Feb.
- Labor force participation rate -0.2 to 63.0%, U-6 rate unch 7.3%

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