Payroll employment increases by 162,000 in August; unemployment rate unchanged at 4.1%
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent. Employment increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs.
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OBSERVED RESPONSE
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EXPECTED SENSITIVITY
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- USDrate-differential sensitive
Rate expectations can alter USD interest-rate differentials.
- US10Ypolicy sensitive
Treasury yields can reprice as the expected policy path changes.
- GOLDreal-yield sensitive
Gold is sensitive to real yields and the USD transmission channel.
- US100duration sensitive
Long-duration growth equities are sensitive to discount-rate repricing.
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