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Stocks Rally On Back Of Jobs Report Friday
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  European Market Commentary
The Swiss Stock Market Finished Strongly To The Upside Friday
The Swiss stock market began Friday's trading session to the downside, but was able to recover over the course of the day. ....
European Markets Turn Positive Ahead Of Jobs Data
The European markets turned positive on Friday after a weak start, ahead of the key monthly jobs report from the U.S. Major ....
UK Market Rises
The UK market is in positive territory after opening lower on Friday, ahead of the key monthly jobs report from the U.S. ....

  Market Sensitive Global News

US Energy Trade Mission Visits Africa To Discuss Investment In Energy Projects

Munich Security Conference Chairman: Decade Of US Military Over-Expansion Ending

Russia Threatens To Veto Syria Resolution Unless Text Changed

European Stability Mechanism Treaty Signed

  Political News

Obama Warns Congress Against Actions That Could Hamper Economic Recovery
President Barack Obama seemed pleased with the better than expected employment numbers released Friday but warned Congress ....

Israel Warns Of Military Strike On Iran's Nuke Sites
Possibility of an Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities is fast emerging as both political and military ....

Poll Shows Romney With Commanding Lead In Nevada
Following Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's double-digit victory in the Florida Republican primary, the former ....

  North American Economic News

Canadian Unemployment Rate Up To 7.6%
Canada's unemployment rate unexpectedly edged higher in January, as employers added to payrolls at a slower pace the labor ....

U.S. Factory Orders Rise Less Than Expected In December
While figures released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed a notable increase in new orders for manufactured goods in ....

ISM U.S. Service Index Rises More Than Expected In January
Activity in the U.S. service sector expanded at a faster than expected rate in the month of January, according to a report ....

  Asian Economic News

Philippine Central Bank Lowers Reserve Ratio
The Philippine central bank said Friday that it approved three adjustments to reserve requirement policy, including a three ....

India's Dec Exports Up By 7%; Imports Rise By 20%
India's exports during December grew merely by seven percent to $25.02 billion from the $23.44 billion in last December, due ....

Australia Services PMI Due On Friday
Australia is on Friday scheduled to release January results for its AiG Services PMI, highlighting a very light day for ....

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Tom Nardone Of The Department Of Labor Gives An In Depth Look At The January Jobs Report
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  Currency Alerts

Dollar Wobbles Despite Boffo U.S. Jobs Report

Aussie Gains Further Versus Greenback And Yen

Canadian Dollar Rises Further Versus Majors

Canadian Dollar Trades Higher Against Major Rivals

NZ Dollar Advances Further Against Most Majors

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After Florida Setback, Defiant Gingrich Vows Fight To the Bitter End After Florida Setback, Defiant Gingrich Vows Fight To the Bitter End  Following a final, grueling push to secure every possible vote, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was easily beaten by rival Mitt Romney in Florida's GOP primary. However, the tenacious conservative leader vowed to return to the Sunshine State in August as the nominee for the Republican National Convention.

  U.S. Market Commentary
Upbeat Jobs Data Leads To Rally On Wall Street - U.S. Commentary
After turning in a lackluster performance in the previous session, stocks showed a substantial upward move during trading on ....
Stocks Holding On To Strong Gains In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary
Stocks continue to see considerable strength in mid-afternoon trading on Friday following the release of a much better than ....
Stocks Continue To Benefit From Upbeat Jobs Data - U.S. Commentary
With traders reacting positively to a much better than expected jobs report, stocks have moved sharply higher over the course ....

Top Stories
EURUSD3-020312.jpg Dollar Wobbles Despite Boffo U.S. Jobs Report
The dollar wavered versus the euro on Friday, as traders were uncertain about how to treat a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report. The risky euro was bid up amid hopes for a global recovery, but the dollar quickly rallied on expectations that the Federal Reserve can no longer consider a third round of quantitative easing. In the end, the ....
EURUSD2-020312.jpg Euro Slides On Robust U.S. Jobs Growth
The euro fell versus the dollar Friday morning, after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report showed American employers added 243,000 workers in January, following an upwardly revised 157,000 additional jobs created in December. Payrolls rose at the fastest pace since April 2011, driving the unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent from 8.5 ....
trade.jpg Australia Has A$1.709 Billion Trade Surplus
Australia posted a seasonally adjusted merchandise trade surplus of A$1.709 billion in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. That was well above forecasts for a surplus of A$1.200 billion following the downwardly revised surplus of A$1.343 billion in November. The original November read was for a surplus of A$1.38 ....
  European Economic News

U.K. Gross Reserves Rise In January
The U.K. government's gross reserves rose to $96.38 billion in January from $93.85 billion in December, the HM Treasury said ....

Eurozone Retail Sales Fall Unexpectedly In December
Eurozone retail sales fell 0.4 percent in December from the prior month, Eurostat reported Friday. Economists were expecting ....

Eurozone Economy Stabilizes In January
The Eurozone private economy stabilized in January as initially estimated, final data from Markit Economics showed ....

  U.S. Treasury Market Updates
Treasuries Fall Sharply On Upbeat Jobs Data
Treasuries See Modest Strength Ahead Of Jobs Report
Treasuries Give Back Ground Following Recent Strength

   Asian Market Commentary

Asian Markets Exhibit Mixed Trend Amid Cautious Trades
Asian stock markets are exhibiting a mixed trend on Friday with investors mostly treading cautiously ahead of ....

Japanese Market Trades Weak
Stocks drifted lower in early trades in the Japanese market on Friday with a flat lead from Wall Street and ....

Australian Market Down Marginally
After a marginal upmove, the Australian stock market is trading slightly weak amid lackluster moves on Friday ....

Economic Calendar

DateTime Economic Indicator PeriodActualForecastPreviousCountry 
2/3/1200:00 PMI CompositeJAN 59.6   54.7 India  
2/3/1200:00 PMI ServicesJAN 58.0   54.2 India News 
2/3/1202:00 PMI ServicesJAN 48.3   48.4 Ireland  
2/3/1203:00 Retail Sales (M-o-M)DEC 0.5 %  -0.7 %Czech Republic  
2/3/1203:00 Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)DEC 3.3 % -0.7 % 0.5 %Czech Republic  
2/3/1203:00 CPI (M-o-M)JAN 0.56 % 0.79 % 0.58 %Turkey  
2/3/1203:00 CPI (Y-o-Y)JAN 10.61 % 10.87 % 10.45 %Turkey News 
2/3/1203:00 PPI (M-o-M)JAN 0.38 % 0.6 % 1.00 %Turkey  
2/3/1203:00 PPI (Y-o-Y)JAN 11.13 % 11.37 % 13.33 %Turkey  
2/3/1203:15 PMI ServicesJAN 46.1 42.5 42.1 Spain News 
2/3/1203:45 PMI ServicesJAN 44.8 45 44.5 Italy News 
2/3/1203:50 PMI CompositeJAN 51.2   50.0 France  
2/3/1203:50 PMI ServicesJAN 52.3   50.3 France  
2/3/1203:55 PMI CompositeJAN 53.9   51.3 Germany News 
2/3/1203:55 PMI ServicesJAN 53.7   52.4 Germany  
2/3/1204:00 PMI CompositeJAN 50.4   48.3 Eurozone News 
2/3/1204:00 PMI ServicesJAN 50.4   48.8 Eurozone  
2/3/1204:30 Official Foreign ReservesJAN$ 46.10 B $ 43.62 BUK News 
2/3/1204:30 PMI ServicesJAN 56.0 53.25 54.0 UK News 
2/3/1205:00 CPI (M-o-M)JAN P 0.3 %  0.4 %Italy  
2/3/1205:00 CPI (Y-o-Y)JAN P 3.2 %  3.3 %Italy  
2/3/1205:00 CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)JAN P -1.8 % -1.7 % 0.3 %Italy  
2/3/1205:00 CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)JAN P 3.4 % 3.6 % 3.7 %Italy  
2/3/1205:00 Retail Sales (M-o-M)DEC -0.4 % 0.27 % -0.4 (R) %Eurozone News 
2/3/1205:00 Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)DEC -1.6 %  -1.5 (R) %Eurozone  
2/3/1206:00 Industrial Production (M-o-M)DEC -2.4 %  0.9 %Latvia  
2/3/1206:00 Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)DEC 3.2 %  8.5 %Latvia  
2/3/1206:30 Official Foreign ReservesJAN 27$ 293.93 B $ 293.26 BIndia  
2/3/1207:00 Net Change in EmploymentJAN 2.3 K 15 K 27.7 (R) KCanada  
2/3/1207:00 Unemployment RateJAN 7.6 % 7.5 % 7.5 %Canada News 
2/3/1207:00 PMI CompositeJAN 53.8   53.2 Brazil  
2/3/1207:00 PMI ServicesJAN 55.0   54.8 Brazil  
2/3/1208:15 Official Foreign ReservesJAN$ 66.38 B $ 65.82 BCanada  
2/3/1208:30 Avg Hourly EarningsJAN$ 19.62  $ 19.60 (R) United States  
2/3/1208:30 Avg Weekly HoursJAN 33.8   33.7 United States  
2/3/1208:30 Change in Manufacturing PayrollsJAN 50 K 10 K 32 (R) KUnited States  
2/3/1208:30 Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)JAN 243 K 168.75 K 203 (R) KUnited States News  audioimage
2/3/1208:30 Participation RateJAN 63.7 %  64.0 %United States  
2/3/1208:30 Unemployment RateJAN 8.3 % 8.5 % 8.5 %United States News 
2/3/1209:00 Consumer Confidence IndexJAN 95.4 92 90.8 Mexico  
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