October Nonfarm Payrolls Rose 80.000; Private Payrolls Up 104.000; Unemployment Rate At 9.0%

November 4th, 2011 by Belisarius

(For October 2011)

Nonfarm payrolls rose 80.000 in October; Consensus was at 95.000; September reading was an increase of 158.000 (revised up 55.000). Unemployment was reported at 9.0% vs. prior reading and consensus of 9.1%.

Private payrolls were up 104.000 vs. 125.000 consensus and 191.000 reading in September (revised up 54.000).

Average weekly hours worked for private employees remained unchanged at 34.3.

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    December 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 am

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