Employment Change: beats at +12.9K
expected 0.0K, prior 64.8K
Unemployment Rate: as expected at 4.2%
expected 4.2%, prior 4.2%
Full-Time Employment Change: -17K will take some of the shine off the numbers
prior was 41.5K
Part-Time Employment Change: +29.9K
prior was 23.3K
Participation Rate: 66.2% expected 66.0%, rising participation rate and steady jobless rate is encouraging (note there were 5.6K people more unemployed in the month)
prior was 66.1%
Hours worked fell 9%
more to come
