What it evidences is a boring - sounding mix of everything from
non-farm payroll jobs, industrial production numbers, real personal income numbers, and manufacturing and trade numbers.
The consensus, according to Bloomberg, is for an increase of 200,000
non-farm payroll jobs in April (with a range of estimates between 175,000 to 245,000, and for the unemployment rate to decline to 4.9 %.
While the state's leisure and hospitality sector is also seeing significant job growth, more than half of Pennsylvania's
non-farm payroll jobs exist in its three largest sectors:
The consensus, according to Bloomberg, is for an increase of 220,000
non-farm payroll jobs in April (with a range of estimates between 180,000 and 335,000), and for the unemployment rate to decline to 5.4 %.
Orlando had the third - highest job growth rate among the 40 biggest metro areas, with
non-farm payroll jobs increasing 3.5 % between February 2017 and February 2018.
Detroit's February 2018 unemployment rate of 4.6 % was tied for eighth - highest among the 40 biggest metro areas, and
its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 0.9 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was tied for eighth - lowest.
While Riverside's Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 848 was the lowest among the 40 largest metro areas,
its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.9 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was the highest.
Jacksonville's
non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.7 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was tied for seventh - best among the 40 largest metro areas, but its 2016 GDP per capita of $ 48,406 was the fourth - lowest.
Phoenix's
non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.0 % between February 2017 and 2018 was the fifth - highest among the 40 largest metro areas, but its 2016 GDP per capita of $ 49,493 was the fifth - lowest.
Minneapolis» February 2018 unemployment rate of 3.3 % was the seventh - lowest among the 40 largest metro areas, but
the non-farm payroll job growth rate of 0.8 % was the sixth - slowest.
In fact, the last time that 12 - month
non-farm payrolls job growth was as strong as it is today, the early 2000s, the Fed's policy rate stood near 6 % (versus effectively zero today).
Not exact matches
Virginia Beach had the slowest
job growth among the 40 biggest metro areas, with
non-farm payrolls increasing just 0.2 % between February 2017 and February 2018.
Cleveland had the highest February 2017 unemployment rate of 5.7 % among the 40 biggest metro areas, and the city's
job growth was the second - lowest, with
non-farm payroll employment rising just 0.3 % between February 2016 and February 2017.
Austin had the second - highest rate of
job growth among the 40 largest metro areas, with
non-farm payroll employment increasing 3.7 % between February 2017 and February 2018.
Capital Economics on the pending US
jobs report: «We estimate that growth in
non-farm payroll employment rebounded to 175,000 in April.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that
non-farm payrolls for September grew by 142,000, versus a consensus that expected over 200,000 new
jobs.
Specifically, over the past 10 months,
non-farm payrolls have grown an average of about 211,000
jobs per month.
The figures come a day ahead of the closely - watched U.S.
non-farm payrolls report, which is forecast to show the economy added 196,000
jobs in December.
Non-farm payrolls, a key factor reflecting the state of the economy, ended the year on a stable note by adding 148,000
jobs in December.
On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June
Non-Farm Payrolls report which showed weaker - than - expected
job growth last month, plus large downward revisions to the number of net new
jobs created in April and May.
The US economy added 103,000
non-farm payrolls last month, following a much larger increase of 326,000 new
jobs in February, data by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics showed on Friday.
During 2011,
non-farm payroll employment increased 1.6 million with the private sector gaining 1.9 million, while government employment shed 280,000
jobs.