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Labor Department's closely watched report, scheduled to be
released at 8:30 am ET (1230 GMT), is expected show U.S.
employers likely hired the fewest workers in nearly two years in
October and increased wages at a moderate pace.
Nonfarm payrolls is expected to have increased by 200,000 jobs
last month after rising 263,000 in September, according to a
Reuters survey of economists. Average hourly earnings are
forecast to have increased 0.3%, matching September's gain.
"Overall, the labor market is probably not in quite such a
strong position than earlier this year. But I would hesitate to
say that it is showing material weakness yet," said Stuart Cole,
chief macro economist at Equiti Capital.
"For the Fed, this ties in with the narrative that the pace of
monetary tightening can now be slowed, but that it is too early
to suggest any easing up of where the end point in this
tightening journey will be."
The U.S. central bank on Wednesday hiked its benchmark rate by
75 basis points as expected while hinting at smaller increases
ahead. However, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the "ultimate
level" of policy rate would likely be higher than previously
estimated.
At 06:21 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 173 points, or 0.54%, S&P
500 e-minis were up 26.5 points, or 0.71%, and Nasdaq 100
e-minis were up 82.75 points, or 0.77%.
The benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq were set for their
first weekly decline in three on worries Fed will keep raising
interest rates until strong signs emerge that inflation is under
control.
U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies including Alibaba,
JD.com and Baidu climbed between 8.9% and 9.2% in premarket
trading after rumors and news reports fanned hopes for twin
relief in U.S.-China tension and China's tough COVID rules.
Starbucks Corp rose 3.4% after it topped Wall Street estimates
for quarterly comparable sales and profit, and said that it will
weather any coming recession.
PayPal Holdings Inc fell 6.9% after the online payments firm cut
its annual revenue growth forecast in anticipation of a broader
economic downturn.
(Reporting by Shubham Batra, Shreyashi Sanyal and Sruthi Shankar
in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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