The slowdown in employment growth in August and September will probably delay the first interest rate hike until early 2016, but it doesn’t appear to be the start of a sustained deterioration in labour market conditions. Employment growth should rebound to around 180,000 per month soon, which will be sufficient to keep the unemployment rate on a gradual downward trend.
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