Final Report Before Elections Reveals Fewer Job Openings In September

The September report published Friday at 8:30 a.m. according to Dow Jones, ET is assumed to show 800,000 nonfarm payments were joined, correlated to 1.37 million in August. The monthly job report is the last to be published before the presidential election in November.

It is assumed to display a steady improvement in the labor market since millions of jobs were lost in March and April due to the epidemic. Recreation and hospitality are supposed to show job increases as the economy remains to reopen, and construction is believed to have been a vital area due to the flood in homebuilding.

The lay-off rate is predicted to drop to 8.2% from 8.4%, as Dow Jones reported.

Stephen Stanley, the chief economist at Amherst Pierpont, pointed out that it’s both good and bad news situation. The bad news is the economy is only halfway back to the pre-epidemic level for payments. He thinks we’re still gaining progress. He also added that it’s yet such a long way to go that we will get several more months of rather significant increases.

We’ve seen a continuous deceleration from month to month, and he considers that should continue.

Stanley anticipates to see just over 1 million jobs joined, and the lay-off rate drops to near 8%.

This week Disney announced it would reduce 28,000 jobs, mostly at theme parks, and the airlines are supposed to lay off tens of thousands more workers if they don’t get government funding. The Disney lay-offs come as Disneyland in California prevails closed because it has not permitted theme parks to reopen.

Stanley told those lay-offs are correlated to specific COVID-related conditions. However, other businesses are cutting workers as companies look at their current activity.

Stanley said he thinks some of the other ones we’re seeing, some of the Wall Street lay-offs, that’s another story. That’s more a coming to standard management. He added that nobody is going to lay off anyone through a crisis. And that one has to be careful reading some of the certain headlines and assuming there’s a mad amount of lay-offs.

What could hold the numbers down

Grant Thornton economist Diane Swonk is not as upbeat in her evaluation of the September job growth. She anticipates 700,000 jobs to be joined, and 750,000 before the influence of government census workers fleeing the workforce.

She stated there should be some leisure and hospitality employing. However, September includes Labor Day, when some periodically hiring is pared back.

She said that leisure and hospitality are yet 4.4 million in the hole, controlled by foodservice. Winter is approaching, and outdoor dining could stop in some places, causing more lay-offs.

Swonk stated she is also worried that online schooling is damaging the job market for parents who can’t turn to work. Schools don’t need as many staff in buildings.

Economists say fiscal incentive, being discussed between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could be essential for the economy and job market.