CNBC Squawk On The Street October 2, 2015
Those new worries for the fed on the labor front. September nonfarm payrolls weaker, rising by 142,000 in august. Revised sharply lower to show 136,000 added. The rates stay steady at 5. 1. Average Hourly Earnings come in flat, but we were looking for something in the 0. 2 0. 3 range. Maybe the most biggest disappointment of the year so far. Coupled with the august revision lower. The 2015 average goes to 198,000 jobs created per month. Thats a sharp slowdown. Last year we were averaging 260,000 jobs. Its more than that. If you take the three month average, youre down 267. Which begs the quest...