Friday preview: US jobs data
A reminder that Good Friday is not a public holiday for all government workers in the USA, which means some poor souls will have to turn up for work to release US non-farm payrolls data for March.
A reminder that Good Friday is not a public holiday for all government workers in the USA, which means some poor souls will have to turn up for work to release US non-farm payrolls data for March.
Payrolls are expected to have fattened up by 203,000, after rising 227,000 in February. The unemployment rate is tipped to stay at 8.3%.
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)
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Travis Perkins
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