Here Are Goldman Sachs' And Merrill Lynch's Preview For The Jobs Report

The August employment report will be released next Friday, September 5th and the consensus is that 210 thousand payroll jobs were added in August. Here are two forecasts: From economist Kris Dawsey at Goldman Sachs: Employment indicators have strengthened a bit in August vs. July, including the employment components of the available service sector surveys, the Conference Board labor differential, and initial jobless claims. Our preliminary forecast for August payroll job growth is 240k, with the...