• Prior 169k. Revised to 193k
  • Unemployment rate 7.2% vs 7.3% exp
  • Average earnings 0.1% vs 0.2% exp. Prior 0.2% revised to 0.3%
  • Average hours 34.5 unchanged
  • Private payrolls 126k vs 180k exp. Prior 152k revised to 161k
  • Manufacturing payrolls 2k vs 5k exp. Prior 14k revised to 13k
  • Government payrolls 22k vs 17k prior revised to 32k

Fairly large miss on the headlines but the August revisions should counter that somewhat. Unemployment rate down. Participation rate remains unchanged at 63.2%

Dollar getting smoked on the headlines.

US Non farm payrolls 22 10 2013

US Non farm payrolls 22 10 2013