Fall is here, pumpkin spice lattes are flowing, and in some states, there’s a bite in the air from the first cold snap of the season. But not for the US jobs market: September was a scorcher.
The US economy added an estimated 336,000 jobs last month, blowing expectations out of the water, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.
It’s the largest monthly employment increase since January and is significantly above August’s net gain of 227,000 jobs, a total that was revised up by 40,000 from initial estimates.
Job growth in the height of the summer was hotter than initially thought: In addition to August’s upward revisions, July’s gains were revised up by 79,000 to 236,000.
“The job market is tinder-box hot,” said Sung Won Soh, professor of finance and economics at Loyola Marymount University and chief economist at SS Economics.
In September, leisure and hospitality helped drive job growth higher, with 96,000 jobs added. That’s above the pace of 61,000 jobs a month that this sector has seen during the past 12 months, according to the BLS report. Government jobs also saw a hefty boost, rising by 73,000.
The job growth occurred across all major sectors.
President Joe Biden touted the stronger-than-expected report on Friday.
“It’s no accident, it’s Bidenomics, we’re growing the economy from the middle out, the bottom up and not the top down,” Biden said during a press conference. “And inflation’s coming down at the same time.”
Article from CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/economy/september-jobs-report-final/index.html/
アメリカの9月の雇用統計が発表され、就業者の伸びは市場予想を大幅に上回りました。
アメリカ労働省が6日発表した9月の雇用統計によりますと、景気の動向を敏感に示す農業分野以外の就業者数は前の月と比べて33万6000人増加しました。
市場が事前に予想していた17万人程度の増加を大幅に上回りました。
失業率は3.8%で、前の月から横ばいでした。
また、インフレに影響を与える労働者の平均時給は前の年の同じ月と比べて4.2%増で、伸びは鈍化しています。
雇用統計はFRB(連邦準備制度理事会)が金融政策を判断するうえで最も重視する指標の一つです。
FRBは先月、今年の年末時点の政策金利の見通しを5.6%としていて、年内に残る2回の会合であと1回の利上げが想定されています。
就業者の伸びが市場予想を大幅に上回ったことを受けて、FRBは雇用と物価の状況を踏まえて今後の利上げを判断することになります。
引用元:テレ朝News
https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_international/articles/000318883.html/