Nonfarm Payrolls 155k, Unemployment Rate 3.7% in Nov.

U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring in November, but wage growth matched the highest rate in nearly a decade and unemployment held at a very low level, showing the labor market remains a pillar of strength even as the stock market and other economic signals flash caution.

Initial Jobless Claims -4k to 231k in Latest Weekly Survey.

The 4-week moving average was 228k, an increase of 4,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 500 from 223,250 to 223,750.  

JOLTS Job Openings 7.079M in Oct.

Over the month, hires edged up to 5.9 million, and separations were little changed at 5.6 million. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.3% and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.1%.
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Since 2001, Vice Capital Markets has successfully managed the interest rate risk and maximized the profitability on over $150 billion of mortgage-backed securities trades and mortgage-related transactions.

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