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Wall Street estimates Nonfarm payrolls in the United States to come in at 50K in September, up from 22K in August. Moreover, the US unemployment rate is projected to hold steady at 4.3%. Crypto market participants brace for volatility amid job growth and a significant drop in Fed rate cut odds in December. Wall Street Estimates on Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the US nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate for September on November 20. This jobs data release could significantly impact Bitcoin price and the crypto market direction, as it is the first key jobs data following the 43-day government shutdown. Wall Street estimated that Nonfarm payrolls would rise by 50K in September, reinforcing signs of sluggish labor market conditions. The US labor market has weakened over the past few months, but Fed officials remain divided on whether to implement another Fed rate cut amid rising inflation concerns. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is projected to hold steady at 4.3%. Average hourly earnings are also expected to rise 0.3% for the month, keeping the annual rate unchanged at 4.7%. Bitcoin price and the broader crypto market could pare recent gains if the jobs data show a strengthening labor market. Meanwhile, the October jobs report was cancelled amid a lack of survey data due to the longest government shutdown in history. November’s employment report is set for release on December 16. Earlier, the BLS estimated that about 911,000 fewer jobs were added over the 12 months through March than previously reported. “The labor market is clearly slowing, the assumption is that the trend is going to continue,” Sung Won Sohn, a finance and economics professor at Loyola Marymount University, told Reuters. “We’re going to be scratching the bottom for a while, but I don’t…

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