Market Weekly: March 29 – April 4 2020

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[color=red][size=6][b]Mother of all reports = MINUS 701,000 jobs lost
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/march-2020-jobs-report-nonfarm-payrolls-coronavirus-unemployment-201234973.html

[i][size=5]In Reality — MILLIONS OF JOBS lost (as these are TRAILING stats
and state U/E offices are overwhelmed — as websites & phone banks are overloaded to max
so badly that lots of folks can’t even file yet :ohmy:

Futures still stable with mild losses on futures so far

Change in non-farm payrolls, March: -701,000 vs. -100,000 expected
Unemployment rate, March: 4.4% vs. 3.8% expected
Average hourly earnings, year on year: 3.1% vs. +3.0% expected[/size][/i]