Never let it be said that Americans don’t work harder than the rest of the world…

EUR/USD opens in the US virtually unchanged from Thursday’s close. Super-tight ranges of 1.3054/1.3079 prevailed overnight.

USD/JPY range 81.16/82.49

Cable range 1.5827/1.58685

European markets are closed and US markets will be somewhat thinner than usual and likely dry up quite early.

Payrolls are expected to rise 203,000 while the unemployment rate is seen steady at 8.3%.