After incorporating the “known knowns”, our econometric model suggests that payrolls rose by around 150,000 in January, which would be less than December’s 200,000 gain. The “known unknowns” of the payroll benchmark revisions and updated population estimates, however, could play havoc with previous estimates of payrolls and the unemployment rate.
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