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A poll of 82 economists by Reuters produced a median estimate of 525,000 jobs lost in January after 524,000 jobs were shed from non-farm payrolls in December. Estimates of January job losses ranged from 400,000 to 780,000.
Manufacturing payrolls were estimated to have lost 139,000 jobs, an unsurprising figure given gloomy readings on regional and nationwide manufacturing indexes.
Average hourly earnings were estimated to have risen a slight 0.2 per cent after rising just 0.3 per cent in December.
US Labor Department data is due at 8:30 a.m. EST on Friday.
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