Indeed
the August employment numbers are already being regarded with skepticism.
Not exact matches
While 176,000 jobs were added in
August, according to the ADP National
Employment Report, take that
number with a grain of salt.
Headline
employment numbers in Canada have been strong for a while: StatsCan estimates that 22,000 Canadians found jobs in
August, the ninth - consecutive monthly gain.
A broader measure of labor market slack, the
number of people who are in part - time
employment but would like a full - time position (the U-6 underemployment rate), has also been drifting lower (to 10.3 % in
August).
E.J. McMahon: «New York's preliminary
employment numbers for
August were a near - repeat of July: private - sector job creation in the Empire State trailed the national average, with nearly all the net gains concentrated in New York City and its surrounding suburbs.»
The first week of
August 2015 saw the yield - to - worst of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index close almost flat, after moving 12 bps higher on the release of stronger Factory Orders and ADP
Employment numbers.