8th November 2013
The dollar has advanced in forex trading markets today (November 8th) as investors await the publication of the US non-farm payrolls (NFP) report for October.
Due to be released at 13:30 GMT, the figures are expected to show American employers added 120,000 new jobs last month. The country's unemployment rate is also anticipated to tick up to 7.3 per cent.
The Federal Reserve is known to see the monthly NFP reports as a key indicator of economic strength in the US and the bank has linked its quantitative easing programme to the unemployment rate.
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has said the stimulus will be ended when the percentage of Americans out of work falls to or below 6.5 per cent. An increase in this rate today is likely to be interpreted as confirmation the bank will maintain its asset purchases into 2014.
As of 11:40 BST, the dollar is trading 0.1 per cent higher against both the yen and the British pound.
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