Details of the September 2015 US Non-farm payrolls and employment data report 2 October 2015

  • Prior 173k. Revised to 136k
  • Unemployment rate 5.1% v s5.1% exp. Prior 5.1%
  • Average hourly earnings 0.0% vs 0.2% exp m/m. Prior 0.3%
  • Average weekly hours 34.5 vs 34.6 exp. Prior 34.6
  • 2.2% vs 2.4% exp y/y. Prior 2.2%
  • Private payrolls 118k vs 195k exp. Prior 140k. Revised to 100k
  • Manufacturing -9k vs 0k exp. Prior -17k. Revised to -18k
  • Government payrolls 24k vs 33k prior. Revised to 36k
  • Participation rate 62.4% vs 62.6% prior

Not good all over the place, save for the unemployment rate

USDJPY has been slammed down to 119.34 while the euro has been up to 1.1276. GBP USD busted to 1.5223 but is back at 1.5200

What with the worse revision, that makes this and the last report look more than a one off. There's no panic buttons being hit but we could now be seeing the result from all those regional and private employment data drops