The US data focus today will be the jobs report:

  • This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
  • The times in the left-most column are GMT.
  • The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.
nfp 02 December 2022

A snippet from Nomura with why they are tipping a below consensus result:

  • Nonfarm payroll employment growth likely slowed to 180,000 in November from 261,000 in October
  • evidence continues to build that increasing uncertainty is affecting hiring activity