Economic research : US JOBS Sept - Payroll Growth Cools but Remains Solid - Centrum Broking
Payroll Growth Cools but Remains Solid
US employers added 263,000 new jobs as the unemployment rate dips to 3.5%. The jobs market shows signs of slowing in September, as jobs added was down from a month ago in August. And Unemployment rate dropped slightly from last month, which indicates that the labour market in the United States is still tight. The slowdown in non? farm payrolls is a welcome sign for the Fed as it works to cool the economy and tame the rampant inflation. Healthcare, professional/business services and hospitality were the front runners in adding new jobs. Financial services, transportation and warehousing were some of the sectors which saw a reduction in headcount. The Average Hourly earnings increased for the month of September. The persistently elevated rates along with Fed shrinking its balance sheet, the fallout from the Russia? Ukraine war and lockdowns in China because of their zero covid Policy may lead to further disruption in the economy and global supply chains. These point to the possibility that there will be an elevated risk of recession and the outlook still remains uncertain.
Labor Market remains Solid
US nonfarm payrolls added 263,000 jobs in the month of September, which is less than what it had added in the previous month of August i.e. 315,000. The market expectation was for the jobs to increase by 250,000. This print shows that the payroll growth is slowing as a result of easing consumer demand, rising interest rates and the fear of recession. The average monthly gains have been dropping for some time now, as the average monthly gain over 12 months since January 21 till January 22 was 557,000. For the six months from February 22 to July 22, the average was around 447,000 and for the last two months the average has dropped to 289,000. Within the private sector service producing industries, education and health services increased by 90,000 down 95,700 three?month average, leisure and hospitality added 83,000 up from 67,700, business and professional services added 46,000 down from 61300 and wholesale trade gained 11,300 which was down from 14,400. On the downside, financial activities lost 8000, Transportation and warehousing dropped by 7900 and retail employment fell by 1,100
Average Hourly Earnings
Average hourly earnings for all private workers rose by 0.3% or by $0.10 In the month of September, which is similar to the August gain and matched the market forecast. Average hourly wages have increased by 5% over the past 12 months, down from the recent peak of 5.6% in March 22. These increases in the hourly wages is as this may influence the Feds decision on the interest rates when It its for the FOMC meet on November 2nd. Labour force participation also slipped by 0.1% point in September to 62.3%. This measure has been comparatively flat recently as it returned to 62.3 percent which it recorded in February 2022. The labour force participation is still well below from what it was before covid when it was 63.4.
Conclusion
The September Jobs report showed strong but slower than the last few months. With the headwinds from the rising interest rates and slowing demand it is expected that the companies will be significantly pull back on hiring and as recession hits we will even see negative payrolls. The Fed meets in November and the jobs data and inflation data that comes in on 13th of October are going to be of significance as these will determine if Fed increases the interest rates by another 0.75 basis points.
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