We are forecasting 256,000 net new non-farm payroll jobs added in the month of March, above the Bloomberg consensus of 172K, and the Bloomberg consensus high of 225K. While the number is a decline from last months , we still see strong jobs growth in our model. SMD uses the LinkUp Job Post Data as a primary input to our model. This dataset consists of over 50,000 companies job postings. We believe job postings are the best near real-time indicator of a company management te

SmartMarketData LLC is forecasting 118K Net new adds in tomorrow's Bureau of Labor Statistics Non farm Payrolls Report. This is significantly below the Bloomberg Consensus of 175K, and below the Bloomberg consensus Low of 150K, We are forecasting the Unemployment Rate will stay the same at 4.1%. We expect average hourly earning to tick up 0.3%. We expect the labor participation rate to tick up to 62.8%. #SmartMarketData #Quant #BLS #LinkUp #Jobs #NFP

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