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Fed should watch the NFIB not JOLTs

The NFIB small business survey is more useful than the JOLTs survey since it tells us what is going to happen to labour market conditions rather than what has just happened. It suggests that payrolls will continue to rise by at least 250,000 a month and that a rise in wage growth is on the cards.


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