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  • S&P 500 Unofficially Closes Down 32.62 Points, Or 0.42 Percent, At 7,715.09 
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Nonfarm Payrolls Test Looms As Fed Keeps Its Focus On Inflation

Friday’s jobs report will likely hold less significance than next week’s inflation report but is still seen shaping the narrative ahead of this month’s FOMC meeting, if the US produces another negative figure.

The consensus estimate for payrolls is 55,000, in what would be a rebound from last month’s fall of 23,000. The unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at 4.1%, with average hourly earnings seen at 0.3% m/m and 3.1 y/y.

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BoC Turns Hawkish As Higher Oil Prices Lift Inflation Risks

The prospect of higher Canadian interest rates appears to be moving more clearly into view following the Bank of Canada’s latest monetary policy decision. Even so, analysts remain unconvinced that a hike will materialise before year-end.


As widely expected, the Governing Council voted on Wednesday to keep the policy rate unchanged at 2.25%.


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BoC Seen On Hold As External Risks Offset Firmer Domestic Backdrop

‘Rinse and repeat’ is likely to be the order of the day for Bank of Canada rate-setters when they announce their latest monetary policy decision on Wednesday.

The Governing Council is expected to keep the target for the overnight rate unchanged at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.50% and the deposit rate at 2.20%.

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Eurozone Inflation Set to Accelerate, Bolstering Case for September ECB Hike The

The preliminary estimate of eurozone consumer-price inflation is expected to show that the headline rate accelerated in August, driven largely by higher fuel costs. It will be the final inflation release before the European Central Bank’s 9–10 September policy meeting.


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Nonfarm Payrolls Test Looms As Fed Keeps Its Focus On Inflation
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Gold futures range bound as markets await Friday inflation data.
Gold futures range bound as markets await Friday inflation data.
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S&P 500 futures slide following strong nonfarm payrolls.
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var msg_string = JSON.stringify(data_array); if (socket.readyState == 1) { socket.send(msg_string); } postMessage({action: 'PlayerChannelJoined' }); playing = true; } function start_log_response(data) { session_info.session_id = data.log_record_id; session_info_interval(); } function application_refresh_start(data) { if (data.app_name == session_info.application_name) { postMessage({action: 'ApplicationRefreshStart' }); } } function application_refresh_stop(data) { if (data.app_name == session_info.application_name) { postMessage({action: 'ApplicationRefreshStop' }); } } function set_static_session_info(data) { session_info.browser_codename = data.browser_codename; session_info.browser_name = data.browser_name; session_info.user_agent = data.user_agent; session_info.browser_version = data.browser_version; session_info.cookies_enabled = data.cookies_enabled; session_info.platform = data.platform; session_info.player_version = data.player_version; session_info.stream = data.stream; session_info.connection_protocol = data.protocol; session_info.delay_target = data.delay_target; session_info.session_email = data.session_email; session_info.remote_ip = data.remote_ip; session_info.php_session_id = data.php_session_id; session_info.application_name = data.application_name; session_info.http_referrer = data.http_referrer; } function start_log() { var session_start_date = new Date(); session_start_time = session_start_date.getTime(); var months = ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec']; var session_start_date_string = session_start_date.getDate() + " " + months[session_start_date.getMonth()] + " " + session_start_date.getFullYear(); var data_array = {}; data_array.type = 'webrtc_start_log'; data_array.remote_ip = session_info.remote_ip; data_array.username = session_info.session_email; data_array.php_session_id = session_info.php_session_id; data_array.webrtc_protocol = ''; data_array.session_start_time = (session_start_time/1000).toFixed(0); data_array.stream_name = session_info.stream; data_array.session_start_date = session_start_date_string; var msg_string = JSON.stringify(data_array); if (socket.readyState == 1) { socket.send(msg_string); } } function update_session_info(data) { var data_array = {}; var msg_string = ''; var current_date = new Date(); var current_time = current_date.getTime(); session_info.protocol = data.protocol; session_info.curr_delay = (data.effective_latency / 1000).toFixed(2); session_info.session_length = current_time - session_start_time; session_info.ping_time = data.ping_time; session_info.jitter = data.jitter; session_info.packet_loss = data.packet_loss; session_info.effective_latency = data.effective_latency; session_info.mean_opinion_score = data.mean_opinion_score; session_info.restarts = data.restarts; if (socket_emits == 0) { data_array = {}; data_array.type = 'webrtc_log_data_full'; data_array.connection_protocol = session_info.protocol; data_array.threshold = 0; data_array.curr_delay = session_info.curr_delay; data_array.session_length = session_info.session_length; 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data_array.mean_opinion_score = session_info.mean_opinion_score; data_array.session_id = session_info.session_id; msg_string = JSON.stringify(data_array); if (socket.readyState == 1) { socket.send(msg_string); } } else { data_array = {}; data_array.type = 'webrtc_log_data'; data_array.session_id = session_info.session_id; data_array.php_session_id = session_info.php_session_id; data_array.connection_protocol = session_info.protocol; data_array.restarts = session_info.restarts; data_array.threshold = 0; data_array.curr_delay = session_info.curr_delay; data_array.session_length = session_info.session_length; data_array.date = current_time; data_array.webrtc_protocol = session_info.protocol; data_array.ping_time = session_info.ping_time; data_array.jitter = session_info.jitter; data_array.packet_loss = session_info.packet_loss; data_array.effective_latency = session_info.effective_latency; data_array.mean_opinion_score = session_info.mean_opinion_score; data_array.stream = session_info.stream; msg_string = JSON.stringify(data_array); if (socket.readyState == 1) { socket.send(msg_string); } } socket_emits++; if (socket_emits == 100) { socket_emits = 0; } }