8:30 AM: Employment Report for January.
The consensus is for an increase of 150,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January, after the disappointing 103,000 jobs added in December.
This graph shows the net payroll jobs per month (excluding temporary Census jobs) since the beginning of the recession. The estimate for January is in blue.
The consensus is for the unemployment rate to increase to 9.5% from 9.4% in December.
The consensus is for an increase of 150,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January, after the disappointing 103,000 jobs added in December. This graph shows the net payroll jobs per month (excluding temporary Census jobs) since the beginning of the recession. The estimate for January is in blue.
The consensus is for the unemployment rate to increase to 9.5% from 9.4% in December.
