Payrolls Quotes

When we see a change in payrolls that is dominated by a glitch in the seasonal factor, no change in average hourly earnings and only a small gain in the length in the average workweek, we know that the message is encouraging but not exhilarating. - Anthony Chan

We've seen some selling earlier this week, but a good number will show the general strength of the U.S. economy and help the dollar. Payrolls will be the key indicator as far as the Fed is concerned. - Steve Barrow

We've got a lot of things going on right now in the market, but the main focus is on the non-farm payrolls report Friday. - Gary Wolfer

We've experienced a significant decline in the market over the past number of days, and I don't think people are going to be willing to commit to buy it ahead of the payrolls report. - Ann Hurley

Were there to be good news from ISM or indeed good news from (U.S.) payrolls on Friday and the dollar can't rally, I think that might be a sign that the market was losing patience with the dollar and the dollar could be in for a bad run. - Chris Turner

We're talking about the difference between a little below and a little above, but the number is consistent with the view that we're going to see payrolls flat to lower in August. - Gerald Cohen

We're seeing a reduced impact from the hurricanes and we're getting back to the underlying norm. We're looking for about an 80,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in October, and it's still picking up. - Stephen Gallagher

We went into recession in March [2001], and in April we had our first decline in payrolls. Firms responded really quickly to the downturn, and we don't see any reason why they won't respond quickly to the upturn as well. - Melanie Jani

We have seen significant decline in unemployment and an increase in payrolls. - Sean Snaith