Strong jobs print sends yields shooting higher
Mar. 07, 2014 8:48 AM ETIEF, SHY, TLT, UST, PST, SHV, IEI, TLH, BIL, SPTL, SPTI, EDV, GSY, TBT, TYD, TMF, TMV, TYO, TUZ, TBF, TENZ, FIVZ, ZROZ, VGSH, VGIT, VGLT, UBT, LBND, SBND-OLD, SCHO, SCHR, DTUL, DTUS, DTYS, DTYL, DLBL-OLD, DLBS, TYNS, TYBS, TBZ, TBX, DFVS, DFVL, SPTS, TTTBy: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
- The BLS notes severe winter weather occurring in much of the country during the February survey period. Bad weather - says the agency - is more likely to show up in average weekly hours than in the headline payroll number, and this month's report has the average workweek declining by 0.1 hours to 34.2 hours.
- Previous: Jobs +175K vs. +154K expected
- Maybe most surprising in today's report is the 0.4% increase in average hourly earnings, the biggest gain in nearly a year.
- The labor force participation rate is flat at 63% - it was 63.5% a year ago. The employment-to-population ratio is flat at 58.8% - it was 58.6% a year ago.
- Expiring unemployment benefits didn't put a dent in long-term unemployed which rose 203K.
- The broader U-6 unemployment rate slips to 12.6% from 12.7% - it was 14.9% a year ago.
- Bond traders are seeing a strong report, with the 10-year Treasury yield shooting up to 2.81% from 2.72% before the release. TLT -0.8%, TBT +1.7%.
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