by Calculated Risk on 11/06/2009 12:31:00 AM

See the poll in the right sidebar ...

Catherine Rampell at the NY Times Economix offers a Jobs Report Preview

Ms. Rampell suggests three things to look for:

1) The unemployment rate may hit 10 percent.
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2) Job losses continue to mount, but more slowly.
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3) Hours worked stagnate.

There will be many more interesting details such as the employment-population ratio, part time workers, how many people are unemployed more than 26 weeks (for unemployment benefits), and how many part time workers were hired for seasonal retail jobs - just to mention a few.