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Today’s Jobs Report Will Be Confusing. Here’s What to Know. – By Justin Lahart , Reporter via WSJ
Job growth likely slowed to 170,000 in January from just over quarter of million the prior month, partly restrained by wild fires in California and cold weather across much of the country.
Those distortions add a further complication to the readout, which will include annual benchmark revisions, new population weights and updates to the seasonal adjustments.
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Another forecast miss from a U.S. megacap combines with caution ahead of January’s employment report to keep a lid on stocks into Friday’s open – with buoyant long-dated Treasuries squashing the yield curve to its flattest for the year.
NEWSQUWK US OPEN
Stocks and bonds trade tentatively ahead of US NFP and ECB Natural Interest Rate; AMZN -2.6% on weak guidance
Good morning USA traders, hope your day is off to a great start! Here are the top 4 things you need to know for today’s market.
4 Things You Need to Know
Stocks and bonds trade tentatively ahead of US NFP and ECB Natural Interest Rate.
AMZN -2.6% pre-market after it beat expectations but issued weak Q1 guidance.
USD mixed vs. peers ahead of NFP, GBP is attempting to recoup lost ground, havens narrowly lag.
Upward bias in industrial commodities while precious metals await US jobs.
Here is jeff cox with
The big January jobs report comes out Friday. Here’s what to expect
– When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its nonfarm payrolls count for January, it is projected to show growth of 169,000, down from 256,000 in December, but nearly in line with the three-month average.
– Also, annual benchmark revisions are projected to show a record increase of 3.5 million in the population and 2.3 million in household employment.
– Recent indicators show that while hiring has leveled off, layoffs aren’t increasing and workers aren’t quitting, though job openings are on the decline.
USDJPY 4 HOUR CHART – Watch 152

Keep it simple
Watch 152 as it will be pivotal setting the tone and trading bias,
Support 150.95
Resistance 152.90-153.20, only firmly above it postpones the risk to 150.
Watch US bond yields after the jobs report as the JPY tends to be most sensitive to interest rate moves,
Using my platform as a Heatmap

Given the way markets have reacted to key events and economic data this week all we can say at this point is there will be a reaction to the U.S. jobs report, especially if there is a miss in either direction.
Looking at the Heatmap shows a focus in the JPY… USDJPY finding 150-152, as suggested, a sticky zone.
GBPJPY has bounced back above the key 188.00 level after a brief move below it.
Keep an eye on the U.S. 10-year bond yield post-data and a 4.40%~4.50% range
Gold (xau/usd) seems to be on a continuous buying bias. It has been like this since forever and now reinforced with the Trump’s administration. The currency pair picked up from a low at price 2858.61 which was the lowest point it got to so far today. From then it has been a steady buying bias uptil 2870, the highest price it has reached today.
I see a buy bias on the gold and a continuation in same direction it has gone since 1996. This Metal is indeed a bullish one. Let us all tread softly. Today is NFP (Non Farm Payroll) day by exactly 2:30pm Nigerian time.
Don’t risk more than 2-5% of your capital to preserve your capital.
A word is enough for the wise. I come in peace.
Thanks,
TOPNINE.
Anyone trading this week has seen how hyper sensitive markets are to key events and economic data. Well, on Friday we have the mother load of data, the US January Jobs Report.
So, be prepared and see one of the best
of this key event..
Anyone trading this week has seen how hyper sensitive markets are to key events and economic data. Well, on Friday we have the mother load of data, the US January Jobs Report.
So, be prepared and see one of the best
of this key event..
US500 4 HOUR CHART – Little Engine That Could

Do you remember the children’s book, The Little Engine That Could who said I think I can, I think I can” as it tried to chug up a hill.
Well, US500 is trying to chug up to its record high ay 6119 but so far it does not have the power to do so.
This leaves it consolidating within a 5900-6100 range, where it keeps a bid as long as it stays above 6000.
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