WASHINGTON (MNI)- Gearing up for Friday's U.S. employment report, analysts
expect the April report to bounce back after the relatively disappointing March report,
expecting a gain of 185,000 for
headline payrolls, a 195,000 increase in private payrolls, a 0.1 pp tickdown in the
unemployment rate to 4.0 %, a softening in in average hourly earnings (AHE) to a 0.2 % gain, and average weekly hours to remain at 34.5.