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MNI US Payrolls Preview: Markets Unprepared For A Miss

MNI US Payrolls Preview: Markets Unprepared For A Miss

MNI US Payrolls Preview: Markets Unprepared For A Miss

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

  • Consensus sees U.S. nonfarm payrolls growth moderating to 300k in August after the surprise acceleration to 528k in July in a resumption of a downward trend after four remarkably steady months.
  • There is again focus on the strength and breadth of jobs growth plus any difference between establishment and household surveys, with FOMC speakers putting weight on jobs growth strength as evidence against the economy already being in recession (an argument supported by strength of GDI vs GDP in 1H22).
  • Also watch for a potential beat for the unemployment rate on rounding after last month’s 3.46%, a joint fifty-year low.
  • Market moves leading into the release suggest the market is relatively unprepared for a “miss”.

For full analysis:

USNFPSep2022Preview.pdf



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