Employment rate in the US increased by 127,000 jobs in the last month, which is the lowest increase since January 2021. This suggests labour demand is low.
Yesterday evening, markets heard from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell who announced that the reserve may scale back the pace of interest hikes in December. This comes following the 75 basis point rise to 3.75-4% in November 2022.
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