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title: "GB: Employment Change (3M): 83K · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual 83K, previous 147K · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 06:01 UTC



# GB: Employment Change (3M): 83K




           Actual83K
           Previous147K

               Surprise
               -1.28&#963;

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH


            GB: Employment Change (3M) — Actual 83K, prev 147K. BELOW FORECAST · -1.3σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH.






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