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NFP preview – Nomura says “increasing uncertainty is affecting hiring activity” | Forexlive

The US data focus today will be the jobs report:

  • This
    snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access
    it here
    .
  • The
    times in the left-most column are GMT.
  • The
    numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous
    month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column
    next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median
    expected.

A snippet from Nomura with why they are tipping a below consensus result:

  • Nonfarm payroll employment growth likely slowed to 180,000 in November from 261,000 in October
  • evidence continues to build that increasing uncertainty is affecting hiring activity