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

Release for:  February 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Oct-17  Nov-17  Dec-17  Jan-18  Feb-18

Unemployment rate (household)        4.1     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.1

--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           4.0681  4.1213  4.0947  4.1486  4.1415 Net

                                                                         Revision

Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       271     216     175     239     313    54

 Previously reported:                271     216     160     200

 Private payrolls                    277     217     174     238     287

 Goods-producing                      38      78      82      72     100

  Mining                               2       4       1       6       9

  Construction                        17      42      42      40      61

  Manufacturing                       20      30      39      25      31

   Transport Equip                    -3       6       3       5       8

    Mtr Veh, Parts                    -2       3       3       1       6

Private Service Providing            239     139      92     166     187

  Trade, transportation               28      49      -9      34      72

  Wholesale trade                      8      10       9       9       6

  Retail trade                         7      27     -26      15      50

   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              8       1       1       2       3

   Food, beverage                      2      18       2      -4       4

  Financial activities                 9       9       8       8      28

  Prof, business svcs                 60      16      31      33      50

   Temp help svcs                     20       7      -1      -3      27

  Government                          -6      -1       1       1      26

Average weekly hours                34.4    34.5    34.5    34.4    34.5

 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.9    40.9    40.8    40.8    41.0

 Manufacturing overtime              3.5     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.6

Average hourly earnings ($)        26.47   26.54   26.64   26.71   26.75

 % change from prev month           -0.2     0.3     0.4     0.3     0.1

Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo     0.5     0.5     0.2    -0.1     0.6

Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.7     0.2     0.1     0.2     0.6

Household data:

Labor force, monthly change         -711     162      64     518     806

 Employment, change                 -478      71     104     409     785

 Unemployment, change               -235      92     -40     108      22

 Pool of available workers*        11756   11881   11884   11855   11837

 monthly change*                    -629     125       3     -29     -18

* MNI Calculations

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

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