Prepping for Friday's jobs report

As usual, everybody and their uncle are guessing what the March job gain will be (and I do mean guessing - that's all it really is). The consensus is about 210,000 new jobs. Anything under 200,000 likely will be considered a disappointment, at least perception-wise, if only because the number starts with a 1 instead of a 2. Over 220,000 will be perceived as a plus. We'll find out Friday at 5:30 a.m. By the way, the stock market is closed tomorrow for Good Friday, so there won't be any immediate Wall Street reaction.


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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.
 
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