US July 2018 employment report  on 03.08.2018

  • prior 213K, revised to 248K
  • Average hourly earnings MoM 0.3% vs 0.3% exp, prior 0.2%, revised to 0.1%
  • Average hourly earnings YoY 2.7% vs 2.7% exp, prior 2.7%
  • Unemployment rate 3.9% vs 3.9% exp, prior 4.0%
  • Participation rate 62.9% vs 63% exp, prior 62.9%
  • Average weekly hours  34.5vs 34.5, prior 34.5
  • Government payrolls -13K vs 11K prior, revised to 14K
  • Private payrolls 170K vs 189K exp, prior 202K, revised to 234K
  • Manufacturing payrolls 37.0K vs 22.0K exp, prior 33K
  • U6 unemployment rate 7.5% vs 7.8% prior

Mixed bag with the revisions as well on the NFP nr as the hourly earnings. USD has trouble to decide which way to take.

K-man
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