Our econometric model points to a more modest 220,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in August, which would probably push the unemployment rate down to 5.2%, from 5.3%. That would seem to meet the Fed’s desire to see “some” further improvement before beginning to normalise monetary policy, although obviously recent market volatility might delay the first rate hike.
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