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

Release for:  April 2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International
                                  Dec-18  Jan-19  Feb-19  Mar-19  Apr-19
Unemployment rate (household)        3.9     4.0     3.8     3.8     3.6
--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           3.8557  4.0036  3.8208  3.8114  3.5847 Net
                                                                         Revision
Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       227     312      56     189     263    16
 Previously reported:                227     312      33     196
 Private payrolls                    224     297      46     179     236
 Goods-producing                      40      80     -19      21      34
  Mining                               4       5      -2       1      -2
  Construction                        16      56     -23      20      33
  Manufacturing                       20      17       8       0       4
   Transport Equip                     3       3       5      -5       2
    Mtr Veh, Parts                     1      -1       2      -6      -2
Private Service Providing            184     217      65     158     202
  Trade, transportation                5      48      -9     -12       5
  Wholesale trade                     13       8      13       0      10
  Retail trade                        -6       9     -14     -16     -12
   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              6       0       5       4       8
   Food, beverage                      9       2       5       2       2
  Financial activities                 1       6       5      13      12
  Prof, business svcs                 37       5      54      24      76
   Temp help svcs                     14     -26       7      -6      18
  Government                           3      15      10      10      27
Average weekly hours                34.5    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.4
 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.9    40.8    40.7    40.7    40.7
 Manufacturing overtime              3.6     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.4
Average hourly earnings ($)        27.53   27.56   27.66   27.71   27.77
 % change from prev month            0.4     0.1     0.4     0.2     0.2
Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo     0.5     0.3    -0.3     0.5    -0.1
Manufacturing hrs index, % ch        0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.0     0.0
Household data:
Labor force, monthly change          419     -11     -45    -224    -490
 Employment, change                  142    -251     255    -201    -103
 Unemployment, change                276     241    -300     -24    -387
 Pool of available workers*        11621   11789   11457   11438   10945
 monthly change*                     206     168    -332     -19    -493
* MNI Calculations
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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