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

Release for:  January 2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International
                                  Sep-18  Oct-18  Nov-18  Dec-18  Jan-19
Unemployment rate (household)        3.7     3.8     3.7     3.9     4.0
--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           3.6938  3.7567  3.6961  3.8557  4.0036 Net
                                                                         Revision
Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       108     277     196     222     304  -78
 Previously reported:                119     274     176     312
 Private payrolls                    108     285     200     206     296
 Goods-producing                      38      60      29      53      72
  Mining                            #N/A    #N/A    #N/A       4       7
  Construction                        17      25       5      28      52
  Manufacturing                       18      29      27      20      13 
   Transport Equip                  #N/A    #N/A    #N/A       3       4
    Mtr Veh, Parts                     3       7       -2      2       1
Private Service Providing             70     225     171     153     224
  Trade, transportation             #N/A    #N/A    #N/A      -7      52
  Wholesale trade                      2       7      11      11       5 
  Retail trade                       -26     -10      33     -12      21
   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers           #N/A    #N/A    #N/A       6       1
   Food, beverage                   #N/A    #N/A    #N/A       7       3
  Financial activities                14      14       3       4      13
  Prof, business svcs                 53      55      34      29      30
   Temp help svcs                     14      14       1       8       1
  Government                           0      -8      -4      16       8
Average weekly hours                34.5    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5
 Manufacturing weekly hours         #N/A    #N/A    40.8    40.9    40.8
 Manufacturing overtime             #N/A    #N/A     3.5     3.6     3.5
Average hourly earnings ($)        27.30   27.35   27.43   27.53   27.56
 % change from prev month            0.3     0.2     0.3     0.4     0.1
Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo     0.0     0.3    -0.2     0.5     0.3
Manufacturing hrs index, % ch       #N/A    #N/A    #N/A     0.3    -0.1
Household data:
Labor force, monthly change          253     639     127     419     -11
 Employment, change                  465     513     221     142    -251
 Unemployment, change               -211     126     -94     276     241
 Pool of available workers*        11252   11445   11415   11621   11789
 monthly change*                    -346     193     -30     206     168
* MNI Calculations
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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