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Dollar tumbles after U.S. jobs report, service sector contraction By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one hundred dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Seoul February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell on Friday after U.S. jobs data showed a strong, but not blockbuster employment picture in December, while a separate report showed that […]

Dollar higher; U.S. jobs report to show healthy labor market By Investing.com

By Peter Nurse  Investing.com – The U.S. dollar rose in early European trade Friday, trading near a one-month high after healthy employment data pointed to a strong labor market ahead of the widely-watched official jobs report. At 02:55 ET (07:55 GMT), the , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, rose […]

Can Canadian Jobs Numbers Change the BOC’s Mind?

The Loonie has been suffering a bit for a combination of factors. The slide in the price of crude, is one of them, but crude prices are volatile in the current conditions. A more enduring factor is the perception that the BOC is likely to be the first major central bank to pause in the […]

Job growth expected to have cooled in December but not enough to slow Fed rate hikes

The economy is expected to have added 200,000 jobs in December, less than November, but still strong enough to keep the Federal Reserve aggressively tightening policy to fight inflation.Economists surveyed by Dow Jones also expect that the unemployment rate remained at 3.7% in December, while average hourly wage growth slowed to 0.4% from 0.6% in […]