(Finance) – They increase, but less than expectations, the non-Farm Payrolls, in Februarya very observed indicator to understand the state of health of the US labor market. According to the data provided by Bureau of Labor Statisticsthe unemployment rate risen to 4.1%, compared to 4% of the previous month and expected by the consensus.
151 thousand jobs were added In the non-agricultural sectors (Non-Farm Payrolls), after 125 thousand paychecks were created in January (data revised by 143 thousand). The data on employees, more observed in the unemployment rate, is worse than the expectations of the market that indicated an increase of 159 thousand jobs.
The data is less than expectations also in the private sector: 140 thousand jobs were created, against the 81 thousand reviews of January and 111 thousand expected from the market.
The employed of the manufacturing sector They increased by 10 thousand units, against a climb of 5 thousand units estimated by the Consensus and compare with the -5 thousand reviews of the previous month.
The average hourly salaries They stood at 34.1 dollars, recording an increase of 0.3% on month and 4% on year (against expected for a +0.3 m/me +4.1% a/a) after +0.4% monthly and +3.9% tendential recorded in January. The average hourly salaries are carefully monitored by the Federal Reserve as a good indicator of both the health market state and inflationary pressures.