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

Release for:  February 2019

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Oct-18  Nov-18  Dec-18  Jan-19  Feb-19

Unemployment rate (household)        3.8     3.7     3.9     4.0     3.8

--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           3.7567  3.6961  3.8557  4.0036  3.8208 Net

                                                                         Revision

Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       277     196     227     311      20    12

 Previously reported:                277     196     222     304

 Private payrolls                    285     200     224     308      25

 Goods-producing                      60      29      40      81     -32

  Mining                               6      -3       4       6      -3

  Construction                        25       5      16      53     -31

  Manufacturing                       29      27      20      21       4

   Transport Equip                    10       4       3       3       4

    Mtr Veh, Parts                     7      -2       1       0       1

Private Service Providing            225     171     184     227      57

  Trade, transportation               23      68       5      54       2

  Wholesale trade                      7      11      13      10      11

  Retail trade                       -10      33      -6      14      -6

   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              6      -4       6       1       3

   Food, beverage                      5      10       9       2       4

  Financial activities                14       3       1       9       6

  Prof, business svcs                 55      34      37      15      42

   Temp help svcs                     14       1      14     -12       6

  Government                          -8      -4       3       3      -5

Average weekly hours                34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5    34.4

 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.8    40.8    40.9    40.8    40.7

 Manufacturing overtime              3.5     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.5

Average hourly earnings ($)        27.35   27.43   27.53   27.55   27.66

 % change from prev month            0.2     0.3     0.4     0.1     0.4

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

Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.0     0.2     0.3     0.0    -0.2

Household data:

Labor force, monthly change          639     127     419     -11     -45

 Employment, change                  513     221     142    -251     255

 Unemployment, change                126     -94     276     241    -300

 Pool of available workers*        11445   11415   11621   11789   11457

 monthly change*                     193     -30     206     168    -332

* MNI Calculations

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

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