Dados do emprego - correcção
Enviado: 5/10/2003 12:40É esta a razão da descida dos mercados na parte final de 6ª. feira passada.
Reuters
Data revision confirms WEAK U.S. jobs picture
Friday October 3, 2:47 pm ET
"WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A warning by the U.S. Labor Department that it expects to revise down past employment data pours cold water on the view of some economists who believed the jobs market had been improving for some time, analysts said on Friday.
Statisticians at the Labor Department said they expect to revise down U.S. payroll employment by about 145,000 for the March 2003 reference month -- effectively showing even greater weakness in the sluggish labor market than previously thought.
The downward adjustment surprised Wall Street, which had been rife with speculation this week that Labor would adjust the figures up, bringing payrolls more in line with another survey which has shown a recent improvement in the job market.
"The expectation was that this revision would be positive, that we would be looking at a number in excess of 300,000," said Anthony Chan, chief economist at Banc One Investment Advisors.
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Aliás, para além disto, a "qualidade" do aumento do emprego deste mês nos EUA foi especialmente devido a novos empregos em part-time e a prazo.
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Reuters
Data revision confirms WEAK U.S. jobs picture
Friday October 3, 2:47 pm ET
"WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A warning by the U.S. Labor Department that it expects to revise down past employment data pours cold water on the view of some economists who believed the jobs market had been improving for some time, analysts said on Friday.
Statisticians at the Labor Department said they expect to revise down U.S. payroll employment by about 145,000 for the March 2003 reference month -- effectively showing even greater weakness in the sluggish labor market than previously thought.
The downward adjustment surprised Wall Street, which had been rife with speculation this week that Labor would adjust the figures up, bringing payrolls more in line with another survey which has shown a recent improvement in the job market.
"The expectation was that this revision would be positive, that we would be looking at a number in excess of 300,000," said Anthony Chan, chief economist at Banc One Investment Advisors.
..."
Aliás, para além disto, a "qualidade" do aumento do emprego deste mês nos EUA foi especialmente devido a novos empregos em part-time e a prazo.
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