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Wall St Set for Higher Open as Labor Market Regains Momentum

March 5 Reuters Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday after data showed fasterthanexpected jobs growth in February, reinforcing bets on an economic rebound driven by massive fiscal stimulus and vaccination drives. Nonfarm payrolls surged 379,000 jobs last month after rising 166,000 in January. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast February payrolls increasing […]
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Sterling Weakens against Resurgent Dollar

LONDON, March 5 Reuters The British pound lost ground against a resurgent dollar on Friday, as currency traders took some risk off the table amid rising U.S. bond yields. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell failed to soothe investor concerns about a recent surge in borrowing costs as he spoke at a Wall Street Journal […]
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