Unit Labor Costs

The Unit Labor Cost released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor shows a total cost of employing a labor force. It can serve as an indicator of trends in production costs, share prices, and inflation. A high reading is seen as positive (or bullish) for the USD, whereas a low reading is seen as negative ,or bearish.

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Most recent - Thursday 2 May 2024 12:30

Revised

Forecast

3.2%

Actual

4.7%

Higher numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for USD/xxx pairs and bearish for xxx/USD pairs.

Next event - Thursday 6 June 2024 12:30

Forecast

Actual

The typical/expected impact on USD pairs is medium.

There is no forecast value for Unit Labor Costs yet - check back for updates.

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Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Unit Labor Costs was 4.7% against a forecast of 3.2%.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Thursday 2 May 2024 12:30

3.2%

4.7%

Thursday 7 March 2024 13:30

0.6%

0.4%

Thursday 1 February 2024 13:30

1.7%

0.5%

Wednesday 6 December 2023 13:30

-0.9%

-1.2%

Thursday 2 November 2023 12:30

0.7%

-0.8%

Thursday 7 September 2023 12:30

1.6%

2.2%

Thursday 3 August 2023 12:30

2.6%

1.6%

Thursday 1 June 2023 12:30

4.2%

Thursday 4 May 2023 12:30

5.5%

6.3%

Thursday 2 March 2023 13:30

1.6%

3.2%

Thursday 2 February 2023 13:30

1.5%

1.1%

Wednesday 7 December 2022 13:30

3.2%

2.4%

Thursday 3 November 2022 12:30

4.1%

3.5%

Thursday 1 September 2022 12:30

10.7%

10.2%

Tuesday 9 August 2022 12:30

9.5%

10.8%

Thursday 2 June 2022 12:30

11.6%

12.6%

Thursday 5 May 2022 12:30

9.9%

11.6%

Thursday 3 March 2022 13:30

0.3%

0.9%

Thursday 3 February 2022 13:30

1.5%

0.3%

Tuesday 7 December 2021 13:30

8.4%

9.6%

Thursday 4 November 2021 12:30

5.2%

8.3%

Thursday 2 September 2021 12:30

0.9%

1.3%

Tuesday 10 August 2021 12:30

1.1%

Thursday 3 June 2021 12:30

-0.4%

1.7%

Thursday 6 May 2021 12:30

-1%

-0.3%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for USD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Unit Labor Costs result:

		Previous	Latest
ISM Services Employment Index	Bearish change	48.5	45.9
ISM Services New Orders Index	Bearish change	54.4	52.2
ISM Services PMI	Bearish change	51.4	49.4
ISM Services Prices Paid	Bullish change	53.4	59.2
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bullish change	50.9	51.3
Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)	Bearish change	0.3%	0.2%
Average Hourly Earnings (YoY)	Bearish change	4.1%	3.9%
Labor Force Participation Rate	(no change)	62.7%	62.7%
Nonfarm Payrolls	Bearish change	315K	175K
U6 Underemployment Rate	Bearish change	7.3%	7.4%
Unemployment Rate	Bearish change	3.8%	3.9%
Factory Orders (MoM)	Bullish change	1.2%	1.6%
Initial Jobless Claims	(no change)	208K	208K
Nonfarm Productivity	Bearish change	3.5%	0.3%
Challenger Job Cuts	Bearish change	90.309K	64.789K
Fed Interest Rate Decision	(no change)	5.5%	5.5%
ISM Manufacturing Employment Index	Bullish change	47.4	48.6
ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	Bearish change	51.4	49.1
ISM Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	50.3	49.2
ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid	Bullish change	55.8	60.9
JOLTS Job Openings	Bearish change	8.813M	8.488M
ADP Employment Change	Bearish change	208K	192K
Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index	Bearish change	41.4	37.9
Housing Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.1%	1.2%
Employment Cost Index	Bullish change	0.9%	1.2%
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	Bearish change	77.9	77.2
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation	(no change)	3%	3%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)	(no change)	0.3%	0.3%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)	(no change)	2.8%	2.8%
Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)	(no change)	0.3%	0.3%
Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	2.5%	2.7%
Personal Income (MoM)	Bullish change	0.3%	0.5%
Personal Spending	(no change)	0.8%	0.8%
Pending Home Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	1.6%	3.4%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)	Bullish change	2%	3.7%
Gross Domestic Product Annualized	Bearish change	3.4%	1.6%
Gross Domestic Product Price Index	Bullish change	1.7%	3.1%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	212K	207K
Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ)	Bullish change	1.8%	3.4%
Durable Goods Orders	Bullish change	0.7%	2.6%
Durable Goods Orders ex Defense	Bullish change	1.5%	2.3%
Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation	Bullish change	0.1%	0.2%
Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft	Bearish change	0.4%	0.2%
New Home Sales Change (MoM)	Bullish change	-5.1%	8.8%
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bearish change	52.1	50.9
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	51.9	49.9
S&P Global Services PMI	Bearish change	51.7	50.9

About Unit Labor Costs

Country:	United States
Currency:	USD
Source:	US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Category:	Labor Market
Frequency:	Quarterly

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Unit Labor Costs

Most recent - Thursday 2 May 2024 12:30

Next event - Thursday 6 June 2024 12:30

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