ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Non-farm payrolls beats estimates but dollar slides 0 (0)

Forex news for New York trade on November 5, 2021:
Markets:
The non-farm payrolls report was solid across the board but not strong enough to shake anyone out of their beliefs. So markets continued to price out rate hikes and squeeze bond shorts. Once again, that led to yen buying in an unwind of some of the

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Pfizer reveals COVID-19 pill that cuts risk of hospitalisation, death by 89% 0 (0)

Pfizer says that its pill, used, with an HIV drug, cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in high-risk adults exposed to COVID-19
This would be the second antiviral pill after Merck’s (which is reported to reduce risks of hospitalisation or death by around 50% with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19) to have

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US October Challenger layoffs 22.8k vs 17.9k prior 0 (0)

Latest data released by Challenger, Gray, and Christmas Inc
– 17.9k
US-based employers announced 22,822 job cuts last month, a roughly 28% rise from September – marking the highest monthly total since May. That said, October’s total was roughly 72% lower than the same month last year.

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