Strong payrolls will keep unemployment rate on downward trend

We expect a 200,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in July, which should have been enough to push the unemployment rate back down to 4.3%. As labour market conditions tighten further, we expect wage growth to come under some renewed upward pressure before long.

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