by Calculated Risk on 11/05/2015 10:42:00 AM

Yesterday I discussed several employment indicators: Preview: Employment Report for October

Here are some excerpts from a research piece by Goldman Sachs economist Chris Mischaikow:

Based on better-than-expected labor market data this week, we have revised up our forecast for October nonfarm payroll growth to 190k from 175k previously.
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Our baseline expectation is for the unemployment rate to remain at 5.1%. The labor force participation rate (LFPR) declined by two-tenths in September, and we expect a modest rebound from this larger-than-usual decline. ... However, this remains a close call given that the unemployment rate is currently at 5.051% on an unrounded basis.

We forecast average hourly earnings (AHE) for all employees to increase 0.3%. ... we think that the year-on-year change in all-employee AHE will increase to 2.3%. This would mark the fastest year-over-year pace of growth on an unrounded basis in AHE since October 2009.