Employment Report (Oct.) & Trade (Sep.)

The smaller than expected 261,000 gain in non-farm payroll employment in October, which was below the 310,000 consensus forecast, isn’t as disappointing as it looks when the cumulative 90,000 upward revision to employment in the preceding two months is factored in.

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