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Companies shook off worries over the Covid delta variant and hired at a faster than expected pace in September, according to a report Wednesday from payroll processing firm ADP.
Private jobs rose by 568,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate from economists of 425,000 and ahead of the downwardly revised 340,000 reading in August. The initial August report showed growth of 374,000.
The report comes amid concerns about how fast hiring would grow considering ongoing fears over the delta spread and signs that the brisk economic growth of 2021 was beginning to slow heading into autumn, particularly due to supply chain bottlenecks that have driven inflation sharply higher.
“The labor market recovery continues to make progress despite a marked slowdown from the 748,000-job pace in the second quarter,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said.
Stock market futures were off their lows for the morning following the release, while government bond yields moved higher.
The critical leisure and hospitality sector led job creation with 226,000 hires. The sector was hit hardest during the pandemic and has struggled the most to regain traction as it is the most sensitive to the economic reopening. Establishments are struggling with labor shortages despite nearly 2 million job openings.
Though the industry, which includes bars, restaurants, hotels and the like, has about 800,000 more workers employed than a year ago, its unemployment rate remains at 9.1%, compared to the national rate of 5.2%, according to Labor Department data through August.
Much of that hiring appears to have come through hotels and larger chains, as companies with 500 and more employees led job creation with 390,000. Businesses with fewer than 50 workers added just 63,000 jobs, while medium-sized firms contributed 115,000.
The faster pace of job creation comes with Covid cases on the wane nationally, despite some localized hot spots. Total U.S. cases averaged 97,909 on a seven-day rolling bases through Monday, compared to 160,284 a month ago, according to the CDC.
As usual, services dominated, with 466,000 new hires, helped by education and health services with 66,000, professional and business services with 61,000, and 54,000 from trade, transportation and utilities.
However, goods producers posted a solid 102,000 gain. Manufacturing contributed 49,000 and construction added 46,000.
The ADP report serves as a precursor for the Labor Department’s more widely watched nonfarm payrolls release Friday. The Dow Jones estimate from economists is for 500,000 new jobs after August’s letdown of just 235,000. However, the two reports can differ substantially. Through August, the ADP count of private payrolls had undershot the government’s tally by an average 37,000 per month.
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A sharp jump in mortgage interest rates over the past few weeks is taking its toll on mortgage demand. Total application volume fell nearly 7% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($548,250 or less) increased to 3.14% from 3.10%, with points rising to 0.35 from 0.34 (including the origination fee) for loans with a 20% down payment. That is the highest level since July.
Refinance demand, which is especially sensitive to weekly interest rate movements, fell to the lowest level in three months, down 10% last week compared with the previous week. Volume was 16% lower than the same week one year ago.
“Higher rates are reducing borrowers’ incentive to refinance, as declines were seen across all loan types,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting.
Mortgage applications to purchase a home declined 2% for the week and were 13% lower than the same week one year ago. It was driven by a drop in conventional loan applications. Government loans, which are mostly used by lower-income borrowers, saw a 1% increase in demand.
“But that was still not enough to bring down the average loan balance of $410,000. With home-price appreciation and sales prices remaining very elevated, applications for higher balance, conventional loans still dominate the mix of activity,” added Kan.
Rates fell back a little bit to start this week, but then moved higher again Tuesday. The bond market, which dictates daily rate movement, reacted to economic data.
“After an important report on the services sector came out stronger than expected, bonds continued to deteriorate,” said Matthew Graham, chief operating officer at Mortgage News Daily. “When bonds lose enough ground in the middle of a trading day, mortgage lenders occasionally make mid-day adjustments to their rate offerings.”