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The Market At 2008-09-05 15:55:15 ET

10-Year: 3.648 -07/32   GNMAs:    EUR/USD: 1.4238   USD/JPY: 107.1510

(13:48) Off the highs... off the lows... finding comfort around unch into weekend

(11:45) New session lows in lightened action

(11:14) Twisting in place, 10-yr stuck at 3.578% yield level

(08:54) Holding better

(08:33) Pressed higher on bad payrolls report

(07:26) Flying high again... 10-yr +08/32 yielding 3.593%

Nonfarm Payrolls: Actual -84K, consensus -75K, prior -60K (revised from -51K)

Unemployment Rate: Actual 6.1%, consensus 5.7%, prior 5.7%

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The Interest Rate Outlook

Last Updated: 2008-09-05, 16:01:22 ET

The Federal Open Market Committee held interest rates flat at 2% for a the second consecutive meeting, with another dissenting vote from Dallas’ Fisher ( for the 5th time, looking for a hike) and some tweaking of the language regarding inflation.
The FOMC was widely expected to leave rates on hold, and many had also anticipated a beefing up of tough inflation talk with Fed-head Bernanke’s...
Last Updated: 2008-09-01, 08:55:17 ET

The preliminary report on second quarter real GDP will be reported on Thursday.
The average Wall Street forecast is for an upward revision to a 2.7% annual rate of growth from the 1.9% annual rate of growth reported in the advance report one month ago.
The higher growth rate is due largely to the July trade balance data reported after the advance report was released. The July real trade...

Date ET Release For Actual Briefing.com Consensus Prior
Sep 0508:30:01Average WorkweekAug33.733.733.633.7
Sep 0508:30:01Hourly EarningsAug0.4%0.3%0.3%0.4%
Sep 0508:30:01Nonfarm PayrollsAug-84K-70K-75K-60K
Sep 0508:30:01Unemployment RateAug6.1%5.7%5.7%5.7%
Sep 0815:00:01Consumer CreditJul$9.0B$8.5B$14.3B
Sep 0910:00:00Pending Home SalesJul2.0%-1.0%5.3%
Sep 0910:00:01Wholesale InventoriesJul0.5%0.7%1.1%