Posted 03 April 2023 - 06:09 AM
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This Weeks Economic Data Include March Jobs Report
The Labor Departments jobs report coming Friday will be this weeks economic highlight. Economists expect U.S. employers to have added 200,000 jobs in March, compared with 311,000 nonfarm payrolls added in February.
On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Economists forecast 10.45 million job openings at the end of February, a decline of nearly 400,000 job openings from the prior month. Openings peaked at 12 million in March 2022.
Nashville, Tenn., topped the list of 2022s hottest job markets, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing analysis with Moodys Analytics. Austin, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla., followed, and tourism-focused cities such as Orlando, Las Vegas, and New Orleans climbed the rankings.
On Wednesday, ADP will release its private payrolls for March. Analysts expect the economy to add 200,000 private-sector jobs, about 42,000 fewer than in February. Wage growth increased 7.2% year-over-year in February, led by the 10.1% gain in the leisure and hospitality industry.
The Labor Department on Thursday will report initial jobless claims for the week ended April 1. Jobless claims averaged 198,250 in March and remain low despite nine interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve since March 2022.
Whats Next: Economists consensus is that the unemployment rate will stay at 3.6%, near a historic low. Job growth has surpassed expectations for 11 consecutive months, the longest streak since at least 1998, according to Bloomberg data.
Nicholas Jasinski and Janet H. Cho
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