Employment Report Gives Fed and Markets Little Concern

05 Jan '18 at 7:30 pm #14308
Helmholtz Watson
Participant

Philly Fed Harker Speaking After NFP at annual meeting of the American Economics Association

Sees GDP growth in 2018 a little under 2.5%
Very little slack left in labor market
Expects small rising unemployment rate after this year
Monthly job gains may be 100K by end of 2019