Today's jobs data: what you need to know

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1 Trend Macrolytics, LLC Donald Luskin, Chief Investment Officer Thomas Demas, Managing Director Michael Warren, Energy Strategist Data Insights: Jobs Friday, August 3, 2018 Today's jobs data: what you need to know Non-farm payrolls Change Jul: +157 Revision Jun: +35 Revision May: +24 Private payrolls Change Jul: +170 Revision Jun: +32 Revision May: +21 Employment Change Jul: +389 Unemployment Change Jul: -284 Long -term unemployment Change Jul: -221 Civilian labor force Change Jul: million above trend More than all entrants employed Unemployment rate Jul: 3.87% Change Jul: -0.18% Underemployment rate Jul: 7.5% Change Jul: -0.3% Participation rate Jul: 62.9% Change Jul: unch UE adjusted for participation Jul: 8.4% Change Jul: -0.17% Average weeks unemployed Jul: 23.2 Change Jul: +2.0 % longterm unemployed Jul: 22.7% Change Jul: -0.3% Aggregate hours worked index Jul: Change Jul: -0.2% Revision Jun: +0 Average hourly earnings Jul: 0.26% Change Jul: 0.11% Revision Jun: -0.04% Aggregate weekly earnings Jul: 142 Change Jul: +0.1% Revision Jun: +0.3 Monthly job-finding probability Jul: 36.2% Change Jul: +7.7% Monthly separation probability Jul: 1.6% Change Jul: -0.2% % involuntary part-time Jul: 2.9% Change Jul: -0.1% "Household" vs "Payroll" jobs Change Jul: +277 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, TrendMacro calculations For more information contact us: Donald Luskin: don@trendmacro.com Thomas Demas: tdemas@trendmacro.com Copyright 2018 Trend Macrolytics LLC. All rights reserved. This document is not to be forwarded to individuals or organizations not authorized by Trend Macrolytics LLC to receive it. For information purposes only; not to be deemed to be recommendations for buying or selling specific securities or to constitute personalized investment advice. Derived from sources deemed to be reliable, but no warranty is made as to accuracy.

2 Today's payroll data: what you need to know -- where did the jobs come from? Sequential month change, thousands SA ---- Net job losses Biggest change per detail module: best worst Non-farm +157 Mining/logging -4 Goods-producing +52 Construction +19 Manufacturing +37 Durable goods +32 Nondurable goods +5 Motor vehicles +6 Other +26 Private +170 Service-providing +118 Federal +2 Wholesale +12 Retail +7 Transportation -1 Utilities -3 Government -13 State +5 Information unch Local -20 Financial -5 Pro/Business +51 Edu/Health +22 Leisure/Hospitality +40 Other -5 Temp services +28 Other +23 Health care +34 Education -12 Where is the pay coming from? Vertical: Hourly wages vs average Horizontal: Payrolls change this month Circle size: Share of all employment +60% +40% Utilities Information Trend of job growth towards lower-wage sectors. +20% Energy/Mining Financial Wholesale Construction Pro Services Education/Health Manufacturing Transportation Other -20% Retail -40% Leisure -60% Source: BLS, TrendMacro calculations 2

3 The payroll cycle in the Not So Great Expansion following the Great Recession Growth MOM from July % +0.35% +0.25% +0.15% +0.05% -0.05% -0.15% -0.25% -0.35% Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun The ultimate jobless recovery is becoming jobful Unemployment: thousands Short-term = <27 weeks Long-term = >27 weeks Income inflation adjusted to today's USD 16,000 14,000 Total unemployed 12,000 Short-term unemployed 10,000 8,000 6,000 Long-term unemployed 4,000 2,

4 Unemployment rate normalized for participation rate December 2007 Participation rate Headline unemployment rate Recession 66.5% 66.0% 65.5% 65.0% 64.5% 64.0% 63.5% 63.0% 62.5% 62.0% Dec 07 Dec 08 Dec 09 Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 12% 11% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% Winner and losers in the Not So Great Expansion following the Great Recession Change in total payrolls from prior business cycle peak, millions Services Sales and office Management, professional -5 Production, farming -7 Dec 2007 Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2010 Dec 2011 Dec 2012 Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Source: BLS, NBER, TrendMacro calculations 4

5 US labor force demographics: fading baby boom and its well-educated echo By age and education bracket: Dec 2000, peak in the labor force participation rate Latest Prime age 7.4% 6.5% 8.7% 8.7% 8.2% 8.9% 10.3% 10.5% 9.4% 8.4% 8.2% 7.5% 9.5% 8.5% 7.9% 8.0% 8.4% 6.4% 8.0% 5.1% US population, millions 8.1% 6.7% 7.2% 5.2% 4.4% 4.1% over 84.6% 84.6% 84.4% 85.2% 84.6% 77.2% 74.5% 82.2% 82.3% 82.6% 83.0% 81.7% 80.2% 79.1% 72.3% 50.1% 43.0% Labor force participation rate 69.3% Based on demographics of aging since December 2000 there are 0.9 million too many persons in the labor force. 56.8% 47.5% 32.6% 24.5% 19.8% 14.1% 8.6% 5.4% over US population millions 32.9% 35.3% 25.2% 26.0% Labor force participation rate 74.1% 79.4% 15.9% 28.7% 26.1% 64.4% 57.6% 65.4% 73.2% 9.9% No high school diploma High school, no college Some college, assoc. degree Bachelors or higher 46.1% 43.0% Based on the demographics of education since December million persons could join the labor force. No high school diploma High school, no college Some college, assoc. degree Bachelors or higher 5

6 Monthly job-finding probability (the outflow rate from unemployment) Chance of an unemployed person becoming employed in one month (per Shimer 2005) Recession 65% 55% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% % 35% 25% 15% Monthly job-separation probability (the inflow rate to unemployment) Chance of an employed person becoming unemployed in one month (per Shimer 2005) Recession 2.5% 5.5% 5.0% 4.5% 4.0% 3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 2.0% 1.5% %

7 Involuntary part-time workers as percentage of the employed labor force Persons available for full-time work Recession 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 7.0% 6.5% 6.0% 5.5% 5.0% 4.5% 4.0% 3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 2% Aggregate weekly private hours-worked index Recession Source: BLS Productivity and Costs (quarterly) and Current Employment Stats (recent monthly), TrendMacro calcs 7

8 Difference in employment change: "household" minus "payroll" surveys Recession Small company bias Big company bias Source: BLS Current Population Survey and Current Employment Statistics, TrendMacro calculations Civilian labor force versus 20-year trend, millions Recession

9 Unemployment rate Can the disabled come back to the labor force? Social Security disability recipients, millions Running out of workers? The Beveridge Curve Cycle relationship between unemployment and job openings Expansion Recession Expansion extreme, from 1954 to present +10% +9% +8% +7% Current expansion expansion +6% +5% +4% Great Recession expansion Average recession expansion expansion Average expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion Current expansion expansion +3% +1.5% +2.0% +2.5% +3.0% +3.5% +4.0% +4.5% +5.0% +5.5% Open rate Source: BLS Current Population Survey & JOLTS. Pre-2000:Conference Board normalized per Valletta (2005), TrendMacro calculations 9