On the surface, the March jobs reported was better than expected... except for manufacturing workers. As shown in the chart below, in the past month, a disturbing 29,000 manufacturing jobs were lost. This was the single biggest monthly drop in the series going back to December 2009.
At 8:30am Eastern, the BLS will report the March payrolls report: the median forecast calls for a March nonfarm payrolls gain of 205k vs 242k in Feb., the high estimate is 250k, the low is 100k. The number is released three days after a particularly dovish Yellen speech, which prompted many to ask "what does the Fed know" - today's payrolls report will either provide the answer, if it is a big miss, or it will add to the confusion: if payrolls are surging, why is the Fed so concerned.
This is the breakdown of NFP expectations by bank:
We noted last week that 1.3 million industrial robots would be installed between 2015 and 2018, and this would more than double the stock of active robots around the world.
While many of those robots will be used in the automotive and electronics sectors, VisualCapitalist's Jeff Desjardins notes that there are many other roles that robots will be filling in the future. Surprisingly, according to global consultant McKinsey & Co, not all of these jobs are low-skill, low-wage jobs, either.
Switzerland’s interior ministry has announced plans to give homeopathy and four other complementary therapies the same status as conventional medicine. By May 2017, homeopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine will acquire the same status as conventional medicine when it comes to health insurance.
Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestment Advice.com,
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