ADP estimates an increase of 517,000 jobs, The bond market didn't budge

Mike “Mish” Shedlock's Sitka Pacific Capital Management,Llc

ADP forecasts a gain of 512,000 private jobs in Friday's jobs report for March. The bond market didn't budge at all.

Hot and Cold

ADP forecasts run hot and cold as measured by prediction vs actual results. But this time the ADP forecast and the consensus estimates for the BLS report essentially match.

The Bloomberg Econoday consensus estimate for ADP was 500,000 jobs in a range of 260,000 to 775,000.

The consensus estimate for the BLS jobs report itself is 625,000 in a range of 439,000 to 1,000,000.

Other Predictions

Predicting Predictions

The 500,000 consensus estimate for the forecast nearly matched the 517,000 number ADP did forecast.

Does anyone else find it amusing to be predicting predictions?

Bond Market Reaction

3-Month Bill: Flat
5-Year Note: Flat
10-Year Note: Flat
30-Year Long Bond: Flat

Setting aside philosophical questions regarding predicting predictions, 517,000 would be a very strong report that could easily had an impact on the bond market.

Instead, yields didn't budge.

Is a strong jobs market already priced into bond?

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Mike “Mish” Shedlock's

Sitka Pacific Capital Management,Llc

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