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 7 September 2023 12:30

1.6%

Revised

Forecast

1.6%

Actual

2.2%

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

Next event - Thursday 2 November 2023 12:30

2.2%

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.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Unit Labor Costs was 2.2% against a forecast of 1.6%.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

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%

Thursday 4 March 2021 13:30

6.7%

Thursday 4 February 2021 13:30

3.9%

6.8%

Tuesday 8 December 2020 13:30

-8.9%

-6.6%

Thursday 5 November 2020 13:30

-11.5%

-8.9%

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
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bearish change	50.2	50.1
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bullish change	47.9	48.9
S&P Global Services PMI	Bearish change	50.5	50.2
Existing Home Sales Change (MoM)	Bullish change	-2.2%	-0.7%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	221K	201K
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey	Bearish change	12	-13.5
Fed Interest Rate Decision	(no change)	5.5%	5.5%
Interest Rate Projections - 1st year	Bullish change	4.6%	5.1%
Interest Rate Projections - 2nd year	Bullish change	3.4%	3.9%
Interest Rate Projections - 3rd year	Bearish change	3.1%	2.9%
Interest Rate Projections - Current	(no change)	5.6%	5.6%
Interest Rate Projections - Longer	(no change)	2.5%	2.5%
Building Permits (MoM)	Bullish change	1.443M	1.543M
Housing Starts (MoM)	Bearish change	1.447M	1.283M
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	Bearish change	69.5	67.7
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation	Bearish change	3%	2.7%
Industrial Production (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.4%
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	Bullish change	-19	1.9
Initial Jobless Claims	Bearish change	217K	220K
Producer Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.4%	0.7%
Producer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	0.8%	1.6%
Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM)	Bearish change	0.4%	0.2%
Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY)	Bearish change	2.4%	2.2%
Retail Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	0.5%	0.6%
Retail Sales Control Group	Bearish change	0.7%	0.1%
Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.6%
Monthly Budget Statement	Bullish change	$-221B	$89B
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	0.6%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.2%	3.7%
Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	0.3%
Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY)	Bearish change	4.7%	4.3%

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 7 September 2023 12:30

Next event - Thursday 2 November 2023 12:30

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