Unemployment Rate Seen Down to 4.3% -- Data Week Ahead

The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Friday 0830 Nonfarm Payrolls Jul +180K (25) +222K

0830 Unemployment Rate Jul 4.3% (24) 4.4%

0830 Avg. Hourly Wages* Jul +0.3% (19) +0.2%

0830 U.S. Trade Deficit Jun $44.1B (20) $46.5B

*all private-sector workers

(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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August 03, 2017 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)