Bloomberg Survey
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Nonfarm Unemploy Manu Hourly
Payrolls Rate Payrolls Earnings
,000’s % ,000’s MOM%
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Date of Release 01/08 01/08 01/08 01/08
Observation Period Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.
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Median 0 10.0% -35 0.2%
Average -4 10.0% -32 0.2%
High Forecast 85 10.2% 0 0.3%
Low Forecast -100 9.9% -50 0.0%
Number of Participants 76 73 23 54
Previous -11 10.0% -41 0.1%
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4CAST Ltd. -35 10.1% --- 0.2%
Action Economics 0 10.1% -40 0.2%
Aletti Gestielle SGR 20 10.0% -40 ---
Ameriprise Financial Inc 10 10.0% -30 0.2%
Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi -10 10.0% --- 0.2%
Barclays Capital 25 10.0% -20 0.2%
BBVA -20 10.0% -37 0.1%
BMO Capital Markets -70 10.0% --- 0.2%
BNP Paribas 25 10.1% --- 0.1%
BofA Merrill Lynch Resear 0 10.1% --- 0.1%
Briefing.com -25 10.2% --- 0.1%
C I T I C Securities -70 --- --- ---
Capital Economics -50 10.0% --- 0.2%
CIBC World Markets -25 10.1% --- 0.2%
Citi -50 10.1% --- 0.2%
ClearView Economics 40 10.1% -25 0.2%
Commerzbank AG -40 10.1% --- 0.2%
Credit Suisse 10 10.2% --- 0.2%
Daiwa Securities America -40 --- --- ---
Danske Bank 30 9.9% --- ---
DekaBank -30 10.0% --- 0.3%
Desjardins Group -25 10.1% --- 0.1%
Deutsche Bank Securities 50 9.9% --- ---
Deutsche Postbank AG -30 10.1% --- ---
DZ Bank 25 10.0% --- ---
First Trust Advisors 30 9.9% -35 0.2%
Fortis 0 10.0% --- ---
Goldman, Sachs & Co. -25 10.1% --- 0.1%
Helaba 50 10.0% --- 0.2%
Herrmann Forecasting 71 9.9% -31 0.3%
High Frequency Economics -50 10.2% --- 0.1%
HSBC Markets -50 10.0% --- 0.1%
IDEAglobal 50 10.0% -30 0.2%
IHS Global Insight -30 10.1% --- 0.2%
Informa Global Markets -25 10.1% -40 0.1%
ING Financial Markets 59 10.1% 0 0.2%
Insight Economics -25 10.2% --- 0.2%
Intesa-SanPaulo -5 10.1% --- 0.2%
J.P. Morgan Chase 40 10.0% -35 0.1%
Janney Montgomery Scott L -55 10.1% --- ---
Jefferies & Co. 25 10.1% -50 0.2%
Johnson Illington Advisor -2 10.0% -35 0.2%
Landesbank Berlin -30 10.0% --- 0.1%
Landesbank BW 30 9.9% --- ---
Majestic Research 44 --- --- ---
Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc -20 10.1% --- 0.2%
MF Global -100 10.2% -40 0.2%
MFC Global Investment Man 15 10.1% -20 0.1%
Mizuho Securities -75 10.0% --- ---
Moody’s Economy.com -25 10.2% -35 0.1%
Morgan Keegan & Co. 21 10.0% --- ---
Morgan Stanley & Co. -25 9.9% --- 0.2%
National Bank Financial 85 10.0% --- ---
Natixis 20 10.0% --- 0.2%
Nomura Securities Intl. 20 10.1% -30 0.1%
Nord/LB 10 9.9% -30 0.1%
PineBridge Investments 5 10.2% --- ---
PNC Bank 25 9.9% -30 0.2%
Prestige Economics -45 10.1% --- ---
Raiffeisen Zentralbank -60 10.1% --- 0.1%
RBC Capital Markets 20 10.1% --- ---
RBS Securities Inc. 25 10.1% -25 0.1%
Ried, Thunberg & Co. 0 10.1% --- ---
Schneider Foreign Exchang -63 10.0% --- 0.0%
Scotia Capital 50 9.9% --- ---
Societe Generale 25 10.0% --- 0.2%
Stone & McCarthy Research 20 10.0% -40 0.1%
TD Securities 25 10.0% --- ---
Thomson Reuters/IFR 30 10.0% --- 0.2%
Tullett Prebon 15 10.0% --- 0.2%
UBS -35 10.2% --- 0.2%
University of Maryland 0 10.1% -35 0.2%
Wells Fargo & Co. -24 10.1% --- ---
Westpac Banking Co. -80 10.0% --- ---
Woodley Park Research 26 9.9% --- 0.1%
Wrightson Associates 0 9.9% --- 0.1%