Friday Focus: Another Jobs Report in the Books

Friday Focus for Stock Options Traders at Option Millionaires

Jobs growth continues on its record breaking pace.

What a great stat this morning from Charlie Bilello:

 

 

81 consecutive months, that's almost 7 years of non-stop job creation.   When that streak ends.... it will end at some point right?   When/if that streak ends the top callers will finally have something to grasp on to:

When Will It Be Time to Sell?

 

 

But until that time comes,, the market, like the jobs report,  will likely continue its record breaking ascent.

More from marketwatch:

Wage growth debate continues after nonfarm payrolls report

 

Here are reactions to the Labor Department's report showing 222,000 jobs created in June and an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

Read: U.S. adds 222,000 jobs in June as hiring surges (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-adds-222000-jobs-in-june-as-hiring-surges-2017-07-07)

"June job gains bounced back to 222,000 net jobs added and revisions pushed previous readings for April and May higher by 47,000 jobs, which signals that the apparent weakness in past months was just a blip due in part to late data reporting. While the unemployment rate notched up slightly, to 4.4%, the size of the labor force ticked up and other measures of labor market health are good." -- Danielle Hale, managing director of housing research at the National Association of Realtors.

"The strong job growth in June and the upward revisions for May and April suggest that the concerns about a major slowdown in job growth were premature. If monthly employment growth remains at the 150,000-200,000 range, the labor market will continue to rapidly tighten, given the slow growth in labor supply. Wage growth may resume accelerating later in the year." -- Gad Levanon, chief economist, North America for The Conference Board.

"June has historically seen relatively strong employment gains, as recent college grads land their first jobs. In contrast to many of their older siblings who graduated into the Great Recession a decade ago, much of the class of 2017 likely already had jobs lined up well before graduation, and are starting to collect their first paychecks." -- Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow.

"Economists have been long expecting stronger wage gains to emerge as the pool of unemployed dissipates and the competition for skilled labor heats up. That component of the labor market recovery has proven to be elusive, but there are still signs of gradual improvement there as well. Average hourly earnings increased by 2.5% over the past twelve months, while average weekly earnings were boosted by 2.8% on a slight uptick in average hours worked. Against the backdrop of very low inflation, wage growth has been positive, but still appears to have room for further improvement." -- Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors.

"At the current rate of growth, it is clear that employers need to do little to attract and retain the workers they want and any significant signs of labor shortages are simply not showing up in the data. At 2.5% wage growth, the Federal Reserve should get the message that there is still no worrying sign of inflationary pressure from wage growth and they should continue to let the economy recover." -- Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute

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