Fitch: October non-farm payrolls ‘real number’ could be 119,000

November 1, according to Golden Ten reports, Fitch said, trying to see through the U.S. employment volatility of a way: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimate of the impact of the strike (44,000 people) added to October's employment growth data, and then take the three-month moving average, which came out to be 119,000 people, a slowdown from the first half of the year, the average of 207,000 people per month, but far from a sharp decline in the number. far from a sharp decline. The Fed is unlikely to place a great deal of importance on the overall 12,000 figure, given the broader evidence of continuing consumer strength.