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Strong payrolls to keep pressure on Fed

We forecast a 200,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in November, with the unemployment rate holding steady at a 17-year low of 4.1%. The latter will concern those Fed officials worried that diminishing labour market slack is laying the foundations for a more marked acceleration in wage growth.

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