The monthly US jobs data are always closely watched, but interest in Friday’s report is even more intense than usual. At stake, investors believe, is the likely size of the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut later this month.
Economists expect 163,000 jobs to have been added to US payrolls in August, according to a poll by Reuters, but individual forecasts range widely.
Last month Fed chair Jay Powell made it clear at the central bank’s annual symposium in Wyoming that he was focused on the risks of a weaker labour market, although he cautioned that the timing and pace of rate cuts still depended on future data.
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