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MNI US Employment Insight, Mar'24: Downward NFP Revisions Rule, But Trend Still Strong

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • Nonfarm payrolls growth surprised higher in Feb (275k vs cons 200k) but saw a return to downward revisions with a particularly large -167k and private an even heavier -204k.
  • However, with now greater confidence in the data after a low initial response rate for January, we’re left with the strongest three-month trends since June.
  • The AHE miss and downward revision to Jan were heavily exaggerated by rounding and hours worked lifted back to its recent range, but the household survey was again more far more dovish.
  • The combination saw most of the initial rally in front-end Treasury yields revised away, whilst Fed pricing shifted back to almost nearly unchanged with 95bp of cuts for 2024 having slipped through the week.
  • The Fed is looking for greater confidence that inflation is on a sustainable trend to target inflation and Tuesday’s CPI report has scope to be more impactful.

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