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US Data: Employment, Establishment - Summary -1->

Release for:  August 2017
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International
                                  Apr-17  May-17  Jun-17  Jul-17  Aug-17
Unemployment rate (household)        4.4     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.4
--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           4.4041  4.2939  4.3567  4.3497  4.4416 Net
                                                                         Revision
Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       207     145     210     189     156   -41
 Previously reported:                207     145     231     209
 Private payrolls                    194     153     207     202     165
 Goods-producing                      19      13      42      23      70
  Mining                              10       6       6       2       7
  Construction                         0       7      15      -3      28
  Manufacturing                        9       0      21      26      36
   Transport Equip                    -3       2       4       9      12
    Mtr Veh, Parts                    -1       1       3       5      14
Private Service Providing            175     140     165     179      95
  Trade, transportation               10       0      15       5       8
  Wholesale trade                      7      -2      12       6       6
  Retail trade                        -4     -10      -4      -2       1
   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              1       1       0       4       1
   Food, beverage                     -4      -6      -2      -3      -1
  Financial activities                16      10      15      10      10
  Prof, business svcs                 46      50      44      50      40
   Temp help svcs                      2      15      11      10       0
  Government                          13      -8       3     -13      -9
Average weekly hours                34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5    34.4
 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.7    40.7    40.8    40.9    40.7
 Manufacturing overtime              3.2     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.3
Average hourly earnings ($)        26.18   26.22   26.27   26.36   26.39
 % change from prev month            0.2     0.2     0.2     0.3     0.1
Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo     0.8    -0.2     0.5     0.2    -0.2
Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.3     0.0     0.3     0.5    -0.2
Household data:
Labor force, monthly change           12    -429     361     349      77
 Employment, change                  156    -233     245     345     -74
 Unemployment, change               -146    -195     116       4     151
 Pool of available workers*        12763   12422   12408   12401   12976
 monthly change*                    -220    -341     -14      -7     575
* MNI Calculations
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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