October 9, 2018
The first major data has been released during the last quarter of the year. The September jobs report showed an increase of 134,000 jobs, less than expected; however, the previous two months of job gains were revised upward by 87,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate moved to 3.7%, the lowest in almost 50 years — while the labor participation rate was unchanged. Wages increased by 0.3% from last month and 2.8% over the past year. What does this all mean?
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Generally, it was another moderately strong employment report with wage growth in line with estimates, even though the effect of Hurricane Florence was not quite clear. Taken together with the economic growth for the first half of the year, it means that another rate increase in December continues to be in play. However, there will be much more data released before the Federal Reserve Board’s December meeting, including two more jobs reports and the preliminary economic growth numbers for the third quarter. These numbers could serve to change the probability of another rate increase.
Meanwhile, while interest rates are higher, they do not seem to be affecting the economy at all — excepting the real estate sector. Actually, a slow-down in the real estate sector may help consumers because they have faced a shortage of inventory all year. We are already seeing more homes on the market to satisfy latent demand in the sector. Again, we are faced with this question — how high can rates go before the economy starts to be negatively affected? For now, the Fed believes we have not reached that point.
Source: Origination Pro
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