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US Payrolls Are Seen Picking Up After End of UAW Strike

  • Economists see 180,000 gain as workers return to assembly line
  • Central bank decisions on agenda in Canada, Australia, India

A United Auto Worker during an October picket outside the General Motors Spring Hill Manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Photographer: Kevin Wurm/Bloomberg
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The return of striking United Auto Workers to vehicle assembly lines is seen driving a pickup in November payrolls, representing a pause in the recent trend of moderating US employment growth.

Government data on Friday are projected to show payrolls in the world’s largest economy increased by 180,000 after a 150,000 October advance. Such a print would still leave average job growth over the past three months down about 100,000 from the pace seen earlier in the year.