September Jobs Report Contest

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There may not be a jobs report this Friday due to the government shutdown, but if we're back in business in the next couple of days or weeks, let's get the contest started...

Update: Report will be released on Tuesday October 22.

September jobs report contest: Make your predictions on the number of jobs gained / lost in the month??

You can't pick a number already taken and each guess must be rounded to 1000's. (ex: +201,000, -14,000, +195,000, +176,000, -5,000, etc. - no 100's)

There's a travel mug up for grabs for the closest pick.

The deadline may float until we know exactly when the report will be.

Thanks!

 

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Consensus estimates on briefing.com are looking for a gain of 183,000 jobs.

 

[ILoveTDs]

181

 

[DreamboatAnnie]

+172,000

 

[Cathy57]

+189,000

 

[grandma]

+180,000

 

[Frixxxx]

+176,000

 

[nnuut]

+175,000

 

[WorkFE]

+165K

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

I wonder if the October report will include those furloughed? Could trigger a crash if it did, but I think it should include them if it goes the whole month.

 

[MrJohnRoss]

+169,000

 

[Cybernaut]

+167,000

 

[MrBowl]

+152,000

 

[gronk007]

171,000

 

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Update: The September Jobs Report will be released on Tuesday October 22.

 

[Frixxxx]

meh...

 

[uscfanhawaii]

+176,000

OOPS!!! Frixxx already has 176....I will go with +174,000

 

[tsptalk]

Consensus estimates on briefing.com are looking for a gain of 183,000 jobs.

Just took a look - no change to the estimates. Still +183,000.

 

[Sensei]

Everybody's guessing below the estimate... :suspicious: I'll go the other way then. +200K.

 

[jbobj]

184,000