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U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed Sharply in November: NFP +210k vs +550k Expected

Published 2021-12-03, 08:42 a/m
Updated 2021-12-03, 08:42 a/m
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© Reuters.

By Geoffrey Smith 

Investing.com -- The U.S. labor market lost momentum significantly in November, defying expectations for another strong month of job gains. 

The Labor Department said nonfarm employment rose by only 210,000 through the middle of the month, down from 546,000 in October. The latter figure was revised up by 15,000 from its original estimate, but didn't come close to offsetting the disappointment of the November number, which was over 300,000 short of a consensus forecast of 550,000. 

Despite the big shortfall in job creation, the unemployment rate fell by more than expected to 4.2% of the workforce from 4.6% in October. That reflected an increase in labor force participation, which rose to 61.8% of the adult population, from 61.6% in October. The participation rate, which has been a particular problem holding back the economic recovery this year, is now at its highest since March last year.

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Good luck figuring this mess out, not even close to the ADP report earlier, something isn’t right at the labour dept
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