This piece just turned up in
The Australian
Yet economic developments in America in the past few weeks suggest the market consensus - which suggests a 100,000 payroll number - may be too cautious.
Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at High Frequency Economics in the US, notes that the end of a supermarket strike in California should add 70,000 to the March payrolls, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics.
The end of February's harsh winter could easily create another 50,000 jobs.
Adding these figures to an underlying monthly gain of 75,000 leads Shepherdson to predict that Friday's figures will show 200,000 new payroll jobs.
Frankly I don't believe it, I think the number will come in as another anemic figure, pushing the Rosy Bush projection even further behind the curve. And where the hell does he get an underlying monthly gain of 75,000 from? Where's the evidence from the last 6 months?
But what do the Kosspundits say?