The December NFP is due at 1330 GMT on Friday 4 January 2019
Earlier:
This via Barclays (extract):
Assuming some payback from weather-related factors and slower underlying employment growth, we arrive at a forecast for a gain in nonfarm employment of 185k
- unemployment rate 3.6%
- average hourly earnings to rise by 0.3% m/m and 3.0% y/y
- average weekly hours to hold steady at 34.4
Our outlook for slower growth in activity in 2019 relative to last year
- we expect growth in nonfarm payrolls to slow from their roughly 200k per month pace observed in 2018 to something closer to 160k per month in 2019
