USA: Dybt skuffende jobtal løfter amerikanske aktier

Antal nye arbejdspladser i USA i april landede på 223.000, kun 5.000 under forventningen.

Men bag denne fremgang ligger at antal fuldtidsjobs faldt med 252.000, mens antal deltidsjobs steg 437.000

I marts blev antal nye arbejdspladser nedjusteret til 85.000, det laveste siden juni 2012.

De amerikanske aktier sted på tallene: svage økonomiske nøgletal udskyder en renteforhøjelse og giver øget sandsynlighed for en QE¤.
Fortsatte svage US nøgletal vil løfte US aktier.

Det er fortsat tvivlsomt, om europæiske aktier vil køre med op. Her kan drivkræfterne fortsat blive højere renter, en styrket Euro og højere
olie priser.


Udtalelse fra Bureau of Labor Statistics


Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in April, and the
unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and
business services, health care, and construction. Mining employment
continued to decline.

Household Survey Data

In April, both the unemployment rate (5.4 percent) and the number of
unemployed persons (8.5 million) were essentially unchanged. Over the
year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons were down
by 0.8 percentage point and 1.1 million, respectively. (See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for Asians increased
to 4.4 percent. The rates for adult men (5.0 percent), adult women (4.9
percent), teenagers (17.1 percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (9.6
percent), and Hispanics (6.9 percent) showed little or no change in April.
(See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks increased by 241,000
to 2.7 million in April. The number of long-term unemployed (those
jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 2.5 million, accounting
for 29.0 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number
of long-term unemployed has decreased by 888,000. (See table A-12.)

In April, the civilian labor force participation rate (62.8 percent)
changed little. Since April 2014, the participation rate has remained
within a narrow range of 62.7 percent to 62.9 percent. The employment-
population ratio held at 59.3 percent in April and has been at this level
since January. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes
referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 6.6
million in April, but is down by 880,000 from a year earlier. These
individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working
part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were
unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)