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Non-Farm Payrolls Conclude a Rough First Week of 2023
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Non-Farm Payrolls Conclude a Rough First Week of 2023

Stock futures are flat ahead of the jobs numbers at 0830…

Good morning contrarians! It is Friday, Jan. 6. Happy Jobs Day.

Stocks retreated again yesterday, with the Nasdaq giving up 1.5% and S&P 500 dropping 1%. ADP payrolls came in much better-than-anticipated, which may have had a role in spooking markets. We’ll find out at 0830 if the non-farm payrolls provide more of the same. The two data figures don’t normally track each other much, at least historically — in fact they don’t appear to have any correlation at all.

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