Heads-up: September jobs report lands Oct 2, 8:30 AM ET — consensus payrolls ~+84-90k, unemployment flat at 4.1%
What happened
September Employment Situation released Friday Oct 2 at 8:30 AM ET (BLS schedule confirmed, on time, no funding delay). Consensus: nonfarm payrolls ~+84-90k (WSJ median 84k, FactSet 90k, Reuters ~100k) vs +162k last month; unemployment expected flat at 4.1%; average hourly earnings +0.3% m/m (+3.1% y/y); July/August revisions alongside. Upside tilts: ADP printed +90k private Wednesday vs +70k expected; reference-week jobless claims low at 197k. Mechanic to watch: August's unrounded unemployment was 4.14%, so even mild household-survey softening rounds to 4.2% and reads dovish.
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