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MNI Payrolls Preview: Can The Recent Goldilocks Theme Continue

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • Bloomberg consensus sees payrolls growth of 200k in July after the 209k in June was the first miss in fifteen months (when putting aside some notable negative revisions).
  • AHE is seen moderating to 0.3% M/M although it doesn’t take much from an unrounded 0.36% M/M, along with no change in average hours worked.
  • The unemployment rate is seen holding at 3.6% but can easily surprise lower from 3.57% with a decent share of analysts expecting such a move.
  • Near-term Fed pricing has been steadfast with only modest further 9-10bps of cumulative tightening to a November terminal, against a backdrop of recent goldilocks data.
  • CPI lands next week before another round of payrolls and CPI reports before the Sep 20 FOMC decision.

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