CNBC anchor Rick Santelli exclaimed twice over a February jobs report that confirmed sudden losses and a pointy drop within the workforce — every of which elicited a shocked “Wow!”
Experts have been expecting a rise of round 50,000 jobs forward of the Employment Situation report for final month.
On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics launched a February jobs report that noticed 92,000 jobs misplaced and 69,000 extra in downward revisions:
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged down by 92,000 in February, and the unemployment fee modified little at 4.4 p.c, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported right this moment. Employment in well being care decreased, reflecting strike exercise. Employment in data and federal authorities continued to pattern down.
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The change in whole nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised down by 65,000, from +48,000 to -17,000, and the change for January was revised down by 4,000, from +130,000 to +126,000. With these revisions, employment in December and January mixed is 69,000 decrease than beforehand reported.
On Friday’s edition of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Santelli broke the information with intermittent dismay:
CNBC ANCHOR RICK SANTELLI: Yes, right here we go! This is the large Feb job job jobs report!
Non-farm payrolls minus 92,000! Minus 92,000.
That is a biggie! Minus 92,000 final month 130k downgraded to 126,000 Well, what would that comp to? Minus? Oof! Wow! 185 in December of 2020. There’s the place our comp is.
Now, which means now we have a revision over two months now of minus 69,000.
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The unemployment fee strikes up one tick to 4.4%. We’re anticipating it to stay at 4.3. 4. 4 equals the place we ended up final yr to discover a larger quantity you’re going to November. So Dec was 4.4, November 25 was 4 .5.
If we take a look at labor pressure participation? Wow! A giant drop! 62.0.
We have been anticipating 62.5, 62.0 can be the weakest and I’ve to actually return on this. 62.0 would equal Dec of 21 to discover a smaller quantity.
Watch above through CNBC’s Squawk Box.
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