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

Release for:  November 2017

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Jul-17  Aug-17  Sep-17  Oct-17  Nov-17

Unemployment rate (household)        4.3     4.4     4.2     4.1     4.1

--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           4.3497  4.4416  4.2204  4.0653  4.1176 Net

                                                                         Revision

Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       138     208      38     244     228     3

 Previously reported:                138     208      18     261

 Private payrolls                    133     184      50     247     221

 Goods-producing                     -20      73      26      34      62

  Mining                               1       5       4       2       5

  Construction                        -9      24      13      10      24

  Manufacturing                      -11      44       9      23      31

   Transport Equip                   -25      23      -3      -3       3

    Mtr Veh, Parts                   -27      23      -3      -1       2

Private Service Providing            153     111      24     213     159

  Trade, transportation                0       9      38      14      32

  Wholesale trade                      4       5       7       8       3

  Retail trade                       -11      -2      12      -2      19

   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              3       1       1       8       3

   Food, beverage                     -5       3      -4       1       6

  Financial activities                11      10      12       7       8

  Prof, business svcs                 43      47      30      54      46

   Temp help svcs                     13       9      10      18      18

  Government                           5      24     -12      -3       7

Average weekly hours                34.4    34.4    34.4    34.4    34.5

 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.9    40.8    40.8    40.9    40.9

 Manufacturing overtime              3.3     3.4     3.3     3.5     3.5

Average hourly earnings ($)        26.39   26.42   26.53   26.50   26.55

 % change from prev month            0.5     0.1     0.4    -0.1     0.2

Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo    -0.2     0.2     0.0     0.3     0.5

Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.2     0.1     0.1     0.4     0.2

Household data:

Labor force, monthly change          349      77     575    -765     148

 Employment, change                  345     -74     906    -484      57

 Unemployment, change                  4     151    -331    -281      90

 Pool of available workers*        12401   12976   12429   11705   11848

 monthly change*                      -7     575    -547    -724     143

* MNI Calculations

     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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