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Coming Up…U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls

Here’s today’s ‘Just A Minute’ bringing you a 60 second summary of what’s happening in the financial markets: Main Trading Event Of The Day: U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls @ 12.30 GMT WHAT WE’RE WATCHING TODAY U.S. Job Growth May Be Slowing But Expected To Remain Solid In July With NFP data due today, U.S. job growth is likely to have cooled slightly in July but should retain enough momentum to suggest the economy remains solid. Non-farm payrolls are expected to have increased by 233,000, a pull back from June's 288,000 job gain and the monthly average of 272,000 jobs added in the second quarter. It would still, however, mark the sixth straight month that employment has expanded by more than 200,000 jobs, a stretch not seen since 1997. The unemployment rate likely held at a six year-low of 6.1 percent, but could surprise on...

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