Markets trade cautiously ahead of US NFPs
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Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.
Today we lead with global economic attention should have shifted to tomorrow's labour market report for September, but the US waterfront strike, and the Middle East tensions has sidelined it.
However first in the US, there was a minor dip in the actual number of initial jobless claims last week, but a lesser dip than expected. There are now 1.62 mln people on these benefits, the lowest level…
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