The well-below consensus 235,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in August suggests that the Delta variant is beginning to weigh on the economy, with leisure & hospitality employment unchanged on the month. Even allowing for the fact that first estimates for August often disappoint on the downside, the extent of the slowdown in jobs growth all-but rules out any tapering announcement at this month’s FOMC meeting and, if this weakness persists, then it could be pushed into early next year.
This jobs number should ease some recession fears, although next weeks CPI will be a key indicator as we all know. Payrolls were up 372,00 better than expected with the unemployment rate remains at 3.
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