Weekly Highlights
June 11, 2021
Job growth was modestly below expectations in May. U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 559,000, versus the Bloomberg consensus forecast of 675,000.
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) jumped 1.6% month-over-month in April (stronger than the 1.2% consensus forecast), following a 1.3% increase in March.
