Unemployment Rate Seen Ticking Down to 5.8% -- Data Week Ahead
May 06 2021 - 10:29AM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data
from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Friday 0830 Nonfarm Payrolls Apr +1000K (34) +916K
0830 Unemployment Rate Apr 5.8% (34) 6.0%
0830 Avg. Hourly Wages M/M* Apr -0.1% (29) -0.13%
0830 Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y* Apr -0.4% (13) +4.24%
1000 Wholesale Inventories Mar +1.4% (13) +0.6%
1500 Consumer Credit Mar +$20.0B (15) +$27.6B
*All private-sector workers
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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