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MNI Dec Payrolls Preview: Watch Participation And Seasonality (Again)

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MNI's full December nonfarm payrolls preview is available via PDF. To summarize:

  • Payrolls are expected to have risen by 442k, after just 210k in November, according to the Bloomberg survey median.
  • With the market increasingly moving towards pricing in rate lift-off in March 2022, an upside surprise is unlikely to make a material difference.
  • The biggest chance for a significant market reactionwould likely be on a large downside miss along with insufficient upward revisions to prior months to compensate. This could see some reversal of the recent sell-off although this could be limited with an eye on Wednesday’s CPI release.
  • Seasonal factors will be closely eyed once again, including in education and leisure /hospitality/ construction.
  • Participation rates (and particularly prime age participation) will be another key focus.

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