SINGAPORE – Given all the fears about a tapering by the US Federal Reserve amid an economic recovery, one would have thought the disappointing US jobs report would – in an ironic way – cheer the market.
Instead, Wall Street indexes generally ended last week lower as the August non-farm payrolls announced last Friday came in at 235,000, way below expectations of 720,000.
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