The unexpected acceleration in non-farm payroll growth in July, together with the further decline in the unemployment rate and the renewed pick-up in wage pressures, suggests the economy is still a long way from recession. That raises the odds of another 75bp rate hike in September, although the outcome depends more on the evolution of the next couple of CPI reports.
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