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US: July Non-Farm Payrolls preview
The upcoming Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report is set to be released tomorrow, with a consensus expectation of 110K, compared to the previous release of 139K. While this data is typically released on the first Friday of every month, this month’s report comes on Thursday, July 3rd, due to Independence Day (July 4th), when US markets will be closed. For those newer to trading, the NFP is one of the most market-moving data releases globally, as it offers insight into the health of the US labor market for the month that just concluded—with the Unemployment Rate also published at the same time. The reason this data ... (full story)