
• 市场资深人士埃德·约德尼认为,上周五发布的就业报告虽然令人震惊,但其实并没有表面看上去那么糟糕,实际情况尚可。他引用了薪资和工作周时长的增长数据,并将疲弱的就业岗位增长归因于劳动力供应受限,而非需求减弱。与此同时,华尔街其他人士则警告称美国经济濒临衰退。
华尔街曾梦想美国经济能够对唐纳德·特朗普的贸易战免疫,不会受到影响,这个梦想可能已经破灭,但市场资深人士埃德·约德尼却在一份原本黯淡的就业报告中看到了积极的方面。
上月新增就业岗位仅7.3万个,远低于预期的10万个。同时,5月数据从14.4万大幅下修至1.9万,6月数据更由14.7万锐减至1.4万,这意味着过去三个月平均新增就业岗位仅3.5万个。
尽管约德尼研究公司(Yardeni Research)总裁约德尼在周一的一份报告中承认就业报告令人震惊,但他仍坚持认为劳动力市场依然坚挺。
他写道:“很难从中找到积极的方面进行解读,但我们例外!”
约德尼指出,私营部门的总工时和平均工作周时长均出现显著增长。此外,私营行业的薪资也实现了稳健增长,并创下历史新高。
同时,他将部分就业增长放缓归因于劳动力供应减少,而非对劳动力的需求减弱。
在特朗普政府加强移民管控的背景下,近几个月劳动力人口已停止增长。约德尼解释称,与此同时,今年迄今为止,衡量劳动力需求的指标与劳动力供应趋势高度吻合,这是一种罕见的现象。
他补充道:“这意味着近几个月就业增长疲弱可能与劳动力供应有关。雇主在‘特朗普关税动荡’期间推迟招聘,对劳动力的需求可能暂时受到了抑制。”
相比之下,摩根大通(JPMorgan)经济学家则将就业数据解读为劳动力需求减弱的迹象。
在上周五晚间的一份报告中,他们淡化了薪资和平均工作周时长的增长,同时指出私营部门招聘降温,近三月平均招聘人数骤降至5.2万,除医疗教育行业外,各行业招聘普遍停滞。
摩根大通补充道:“我们一直强调,如此大规模的劳动力需求下滑就是经济衰退的预警信号。企业通常在经济短暂放缓期维持招聘,但劳动力需求下滑与经济减速同步发生,往往是企业裁员的前兆。”
该报告还警告称,就业增长低迷不太可能持续带来收入增长。
美国银行(Bank of America)在周一发布的报告中指出,劳动力需求受到的冲击本应导致薪资增长和工作时长放缓。但实际情况并非如此。虽然尚不清楚劳动力需求的恶化速度是否超过供应,但美国银行表示,迄今为止,就业数据更像是供应冲击而非需求冲击。
目前,即使招聘活动已大幅降温,美国尚未出现大规模裁员的迹象,失业率持续稳定,过去一年多来始终在4%至4.2%的区间内小幅波动。
美国经济仍被认为具有韧性。目前亚特兰大联储(Atlanta Fed)GDP追踪指标仍显示美国经济仍在持续增长,但预计三季度增速将从二季度的3%放缓至2.1%。
就业数据的供需关系问题,可能是美联储是否、以及如何对就业数据做出反应的关键。鉴于周一股市大幅反弹以及国债收益率持续下跌,华尔街预计美联储即将降息。
摩根大通表示,美国就业增长已经不再稳健,再加上特朗普贸易战带来的不利影响不断加剧,最新的经济数据表明美联储可能更接近于降息。
与此同时,美国银行则维持其之前预测,认为美联储今年不会降息。约德尼同样重申了他“既不降息也不采取其他措施”的观点。
他补充道:“这是因为我们预计下一批通胀指标将显示,关税正在推高消费者价格通胀,尤其是耐用品的通胀。我们还预计将看到更多劳动力市场复苏的迹象。”(*)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
• 市场资深人士埃德·约德尼认为,上周五发布的就业报告虽然令人震惊,但其实并没有表面看上去那么糟糕,实际情况尚可。他引用了薪资和工作周时长的增长数据,并将疲弱的就业岗位增长归因于劳动力供应受限,而非需求减弱。与此同时,华尔街其他人士则警告称美国经济濒临衰退。
华尔街曾梦想美国经济能够对唐纳德·特朗普的贸易战免疫,不会受到影响,这个梦想可能已经破灭,但市场资深人士埃德·约德尼却在一份原本黯淡的就业报告中看到了积极的方面。
上月新增就业岗位仅7.3万个,远低于预期的10万个。同时,5月数据从14.4万大幅下修至1.9万,6月数据更由14.7万锐减至1.4万,这意味着过去三个月平均新增就业岗位仅3.5万个。
尽管约德尼研究公司(Yardeni Research)总裁约德尼在周一的一份报告中承认就业报告令人震惊,但他仍坚持认为劳动力市场依然坚挺。
他写道:“很难从中找到积极的方面进行解读,但我们例外!”
约德尼指出,私营部门的总工时和平均工作周时长均出现显著增长。此外,私营行业的薪资也实现了稳健增长,并创下历史新高。
同时,他将部分就业增长放缓归因于劳动力供应减少,而非对劳动力的需求减弱。
在特朗普政府加强移民管控的背景下,近几个月劳动力人口已停止增长。约德尼解释称,与此同时,今年迄今为止,衡量劳动力需求的指标与劳动力供应趋势高度吻合,这是一种罕见的现象。
他补充道:“这意味着近几个月就业增长疲弱可能与劳动力供应有关。雇主在‘特朗普关税动荡’期间推迟招聘,对劳动力的需求可能暂时受到了抑制。”
相比之下,摩根大通(JPMorgan)经济学家则将就业数据解读为劳动力需求减弱的迹象。
在上周五晚间的一份报告中,他们淡化了薪资和平均工作周时长的增长,同时指出私营部门招聘降温,近三月平均招聘人数骤降至5.2万,除医疗教育行业外,各行业招聘普遍停滞。
摩根大通补充道:“我们一直强调,如此大规模的劳动力需求下滑就是经济衰退的预警信号。企业通常在经济短暂放缓期维持招聘,但劳动力需求下滑与经济减速同步发生,往往是企业裁员的前兆。”
该报告还警告称,就业增长低迷不太可能持续带来收入增长。
美国银行(Bank of America)在周一发布的报告中指出,劳动力需求受到的冲击本应导致薪资增长和工作时长放缓。但实际情况并非如此。虽然尚不清楚劳动力需求的恶化速度是否超过供应,但美国银行表示,迄今为止,就业数据更像是供应冲击而非需求冲击。
目前,即使招聘活动已大幅降温,美国尚未出现大规模裁员的迹象,失业率持续稳定,过去一年多来始终在4%至4.2%的区间内小幅波动。
美国经济仍被认为具有韧性。目前亚特兰大联储(Atlanta Fed)GDP追踪指标仍显示美国经济仍在持续增长,但预计三季度增速将从二季度的3%放缓至2.1%。
就业数据的供需关系问题,可能是美联储是否、以及如何对就业数据做出反应的关键。鉴于周一股市大幅反弹以及国债收益率持续下跌,华尔街预计美联储即将降息。
摩根大通表示,美国就业增长已经不再稳健,再加上特朗普贸易战带来的不利影响不断加剧,最新的经济数据表明美联储可能更接近于降息。
与此同时,美国银行则维持其之前预测,认为美联储今年不会降息。约德尼同样重申了他“既不降息也不采取其他措施”的观点。
他补充道:“这是因为我们预计下一批通胀指标将显示,关税正在推高消费者价格通胀,尤其是耐用品的通胀。我们还预计将看到更多劳动力市场复苏的迹象。”(*)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
• The shocking jobs report on Friday wasn’t as bad as it looked and was actually just fine, according to market veteran Ed Yardeni, who cited wage and workweek increases while attributing weak payroll gains to muted labor supply rather than waning demand. That’s as others on Wall Street have raised alarms about the U.S. economy nearing a recession.
Wall Street’s dreams for a bulletproof economy impervious to President Donald Trump’s trade war may have been shattered, but market veteran Ed Yardeni accentuated the positive in what was an otherwise dismal jobs report.
That’s as payrolls grew by just 73,000 last month, well below forecasts for about 100,000. Meanwhile, May’s tally was revised down from 144,000 to 19,000, and June’s total was slashed from 147,000 to just 14,000, meaning the average gain over the past three months is now only 35,000.
While Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, acknowledged in a note Monday the report was a shocker, he maintained the labor market remains resilient.
“It’s hard to put a positive spin on this news, but not for us!” he wrote.
Yardeni pointed to solid increases in aggregate hours worked and the average workweek in the private sector. In addition, private-industry wages also saw healthy advances and hit record highs.
Meanwhile, he attributed some of the slowdown in payroll gains to the shrinking supply of workers instead of waning demand for workers.
The labor force has stopped growing in recent months amid Trump’s immigration crackdown. At the same time, gauges for labor demand have very closely tracked this supply trend so far this year, which is an unusual phenomenon, Yardeni explained.
“This implies that the weak gains in payrolls in recent months might have something to do with the supply of labor,” he added. “The demand for labor might have been temporarily weakened by employers’ holding off on hiring until Trump’s Tariff Turmoil.”
By contrast, JPMorgan economists interpreted the jobs data as an indication of weaker demand for workers.
In a note on Friday evening, they downplayed the increases in wages and average workweeks, while pointing out that hiring in the private sector has slowed to an average of just 52,000 in the past three months, with sectors outside health and education stagnating.
“We have consistently emphasized that a slide in labor demand of this magnitude is a recession warning signal,” JPMorgan added. “Firms normally maintain hiring gains through growth downshifts they perceive as transitory. In episodes when labor demand slides with a growth downshift, it is often a precursor to retrenchment.”
The note also warned the depressed job-growth pace is unlikely to sustain income gains.
Bank of America said in its own note Monday a shock to labor demand should lead to a slowdown in wage growth and hours worked. That didn’t happen. While it’s not clear demand is deteriorating faster than supply, BofA said the jobs data looks more like a supply than a demand shock so far.
For now, even though hiring has cooled sharply, there’s no sign of mass layoffs yet, and the unemployment rate has barely changed, bouncing in a tight range between 4% and 4.2% for more than a year.
The economy is still seen as holding up. The Atlanta Fed’s GDP tracker points to continued growth, though it’s expected to decelerate to 2.1% in the third quarter from 3% in the second quarter.
The supply-versus-demand question could be key in how the Federal Reserve responds, or not, to the jobs data. Given Monday’s big rally in the stock market and continued drop in Treasury yields, Wall Street is betting on Fed rate cuts soon.
JPMorgan said job creation is no longer solid, and that when combined with growing headwinds from Trump’s trade war, the recent data point to the Fed moving closer to lowering rates.
Meanwhile, BofA backed its forecast that the Fed won’t lower rates this year, and Yardeni similarly reaffirmed his view of a “none-and-done” scenario.
“That’s because we expect that the next batch of inflation indicators will show that tariffs are boosting consumer price inflation, especially of durable goods,” he added. “We also expect to see more signs of life in the labor market.”