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Labour market slack rapidly shrinking

Our econometric model points to a solid 220,000 gain in non-farm payroll employment in November, although we expect the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 5.0%. Base effects mean that even if average hourly earnings increase by 0.3% m/m, the annual growth rate will edge down from 2.5% to 2.4%.

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