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US equities are off the highs but still comfortably into positive territory on the day. The S&P 500 is up 0.7% and the Nasdaq up 0.9%.It's set to be the fifth straight day of gains and comes despite a disappointing earnings report from Apple.Nasdaq CompositeThe...

ECB’s Vujcic (neutral – voter) confirmed that the tightening cycle has ended, and the ECB will now hold rates steady for as long as necessary to get back to their 2% inflation target:We have finished with the process of raising interest rates for now.At this moment we...

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Prior was 50.2Composite 50.7 vs 51.0 prelimPrior composite 50.2business confidence rose to the strongest in four months,Input prices and output charges increased at the weakest rates in three years New orders fell for the third month running, albeit at only a slight...

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We thank the hands that joined this battleSays he will have more comments on the long-term at a later timeThe headline here is that he is distancing himself from the terrorist operation in Gaza, saying that they didn't know anything about it. He's added in the usual...

USDJPY 1 hourThere were surely some cheers in Japan following today's US non-farm payrolls report. The softer reading and details have weighed heavily on the dollar, dropping USD/JPY through 150.00 and down to 149.30.USD/JPY came into the week in a precarious position...

nonfarm payrollsPrior +336K (revised to 297K)Two-month net revision -101K vs +119K priorUnemployment rate 3.9% vs 3.8% expectedPrior unemployment rate 3.8%Participation rate 62.7% vs 62.8% priorU6 underemployment rate 7.2% vs 7.0% priorAverage hourly earnings +0.2%...

Canadian employmentPrior +63.8KUnemployment rate 5.7% vs. 5.6% expected. Last month 5.5%.Full-time employment -3.3K vs +15.8K last monthpart-time employment +20.8K vs. +47.9k last month.Participation rate 65.6% vs 65.5% last month.Average hourly wages permanent...

Happy non-farm Friday.Non-farm payrolls are expected to rise by 180K at the bottom of the hour. For more, see our non-farm payrolls preview.Canadian jobs data will be released at the same time as the US report, with the consensus at +22.5K jobs and the unemployment...

Markets:EUR/USD up 28 pips to 1.0648WTI crude oil up 44-cents to $82.90US 10-year yields down 2.2 bps to 4.64%STOXX 600 flatGold up $1 to $1987NZD leads, USD lagsGermany posted a robust trade surplus of €16.5 billion for September, although its exports showed a modest...

GBPUSD 1 hour chartThe US dollar has slacked off in the past hour and that's opened the door towards a fresh one-week high in cable. GBP/USD is just a couple pips shy of yesterday's high of 1.2225 and there could be some stops if it's broken.Even if it does break, I...

Hezbollah leader Hassan NasrallahFriday's have been a day for geopolitical risks for the past month, starting with the terrorist attacks and continuing as markets awaited Israel's response. Going into this weekend, there is less scope for bids in gold/oil/CHF because...