Pay attention to US employment statistics, which may affect the market’s observation of early US rate hikes.
Today is the first announcement of US employment statistics this year. The number of non-farm payrolls is expected to grow to around 447,000 in December, a significant increase from the previous November’s 210,000. The unemployment rate is expected to be 4.1%, a further decrease from the previous 4.2%. The minutes of the US FOMC the […]
US Employment Statistics
December Number of new employees: 621,000 last time, expected 275,000December Unemployment rate Last time 8.5% Forecast 8.6%December Changes in the number of non-farm payrolls [month-on-month] Last time 245,000 people Expected 71,000 peopleDecember Unemployment rate Last time 6.7% Expected 6.8%December average hourly wage [month-on-month] Last time 0.3% Forecast 0.2%December average hourly wage [compared to the same […]