Beijing News (Reporter Gu Zhijuan) On the evening of October 4, Beijing time, the U.S. Department of Labor released the U.S. non-farm employment report for September. After the seasonal adjustment of the U.S. non-farm employment population increased by 136,000, an increase of 6,000 from 130,000 last month, but lower than the market expectations of 145,000. In terms of unemployment, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in September from 3.7% last month, the lowest unemployment rate since 1969, with the market expectation of 3.7%.
Specifically, the newly employed population in September was mainly concentrated in health care, professional and commercial services. Healthcare added 39,000 jobs. Professional and commercial services have added 34,000 jobs; so far, the industry has added 35,000 jobs per month this year, compared with 47,000 jobs per month in 2018. In addition, employment in government departments continued to show an upward trend, with the number of new jobs added in September reaching 22,000.
html In September, the average hourly wage of all non-farm employed people was $28.09, a slight decrease of 1 cent, and an increase of 11 cents in August, with an average hourly wage increase of 2.9% year-on-year.Because the employment situation in the labor market can reflect the overall economic operation, the US non-agricultural data is called the "king of data" and has attracted great attention from the market. After the non-farm data was released, the yields of US Treasury bonds rose, with the yields of 1-year, 2-year and 3-year Treasury bonds all rose by more than 2% at one point; Brent crude oil rose in the short term, up about 1.68% as of 21:10; spot gold fell in the short term, falling below $1,500/ounce, with a minimum of around $1,495/ounce; spot silver also fell in the short term, with a drop of about 1%.
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