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

Release for:  March 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Nov-17  Dec-17  Jan-18  Feb-18  Mar-18

Unemployment rate (household)        4.1     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.1

--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           4.1213  4.0947  4.1486  4.1415  4.0708 Net

                                                                         Revision

Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       216     175     176     326     103   -50

 Previously reported:                216     175     239     313

 Private payrolls                    217     174     188     320     102

 Goods-producing                      78      82      55     106      15

  Mining                               4       1       6       9       9

  Construction                        42      42      28      65     -15

  Manufacturing                       30      39      20      32      22

   Transport Equip                     6       3       3       5       5

    Mtr Veh, Parts                     3       3       0       5       3

Private Service Providing            139      92     133     214      87

  Trade, transportation               49      -9      34      74      21

  Wholesale trade                     10       9       7       7      11

  Retail trade                        27     -26      12      47      -4

   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              1       1       3       4       2

   Food, beverage                     18       2      -5       3      -3

  Financial activities                 9       8       3      30       2

  Prof, business svcs                 16      31      38      55      33

   Temp help svcs                      7      -1      -2      21      -1

  Government                          -1       1     -12       6       1

Average weekly hours                34.5    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5

 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.9    40.8    40.7    41.0    40.9

 Manufacturing overtime              3.5     3.5     3.5     3.7     3.6

Average hourly earnings ($)        26.54   26.64   26.71   26.74   26.82

 % change from prev month            0.3     0.4     0.3     0.1     0.3

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

Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.2     0.1    -0.1     1.0    -0.1

Household data:

Labor force, monthly change          162      64     518     806    -158

 Employment, change                   71     104     409     785     -37

 Unemployment, change                 92     -40     108      22    -121

 Pool of available workers*        11881   11884   11855   11837   11681

 monthly change*                     125       3     -29     -18    -156

* MNI Calculations

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

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