Investors are squarely focused on Friday’s US non-farm payrolls after a troubling set of July jobs numbers.
The data, out in early August, showed that only 73,000 jobs were added, while the previous two months’ numbers were revised down by 258,000, bringing monthly average payroll growth between May and July to just over 35,000.
The concern over the labour market that followed prompted rate markets to start pricing in a greater chance of an interest rate cut as soon as September. It also prompted President Donald Trump to fire Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — a controversial move that panicked some investors.
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