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From US ECONOMY 2:54pm

US hiring gathers momentum

Economy adds 236,000 jobs and unemployment rate drops to 7.7%

CHINESE ECONOMY 10:35am

China warns over fresh currency tensions

Competitive devaluations will hurt emerging nations, says Beijing

From WORLD 3:49am

New Year blamed for China imports dip

Export growth slows after factories close for celebrations

Global Market Overview China trade data boost market sentiment
beyondbrics China trade figures - don’t get excited

Global Market Overview from MARKETS 4:01pm

Shares firm after strong US jobs data

Dollar surges and 10-year Treasury yields hit 11-month high

From MARKETS 9:50am

OECD predicts Brent at $190 by 2020

Figure is far higher than other official forecasters’ figures

Gillian Tett

Davos Man’s faith in globalisation is shaken

Gavyn Davies

Fed Chair Ben Bernanke Holds News Conference

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Is financial risk becoming excessive again?

From MARKETS 2:19pm

Norway’s oil fund jettisons Gilts

Largest SWF also reduces holdings of French sovereign bonds

From COMPANIES 10:16pm

Goldman exposed to $20bn loss in a crisis

Federal Reserve stress tests reveal bank weakness

©Bloomberg From UK ECONOMY 11:09am

Construction output plunges in January

Fall of 8% underlines sector’s struggle to recover from crisis

OBR hits back at Cameron over austerity
Martin Wolf PM is not for turning

EU ECONOMY 8:41pm

ECB sticks to its monetary guns

Easy policy stance ‘as long as needed’, says Draghi

Global Insight Political centre at risk as eurozone fears revive
ECB damps hope of cheap loans

A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows a general view of the opening session of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 05 March 2013. The NPC has over 3,000 delegates and is the world's largest parliament or legislative assembly though its function is largely as a formal seal of approval for the policies fixed by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party

Chinese parliament holds 83 billionaires

Report identifies 17% rise in super-wealthy delegates

Shangpin taps China’s fashion eshoppers
Inside Business Gap widens in China’s property market

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Migrant workers walks with their tools along a street in Beijing

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Office buildings and the Sydney Opera House stand in Sydney, Australia

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives at a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his failed coup attempt in Caracas February 4, 2012.

March 8 data

Country	Data	Estimate	Actual
China	Imports, YonY	-9.7%	-15.2%
	Exports, YonY	8.1%	21.8%
France	BoF business sentiment	96
Spain	Industrial production, YonY	-6%
US	Unemployment	7.8%	7.7%
	Non-farm payrolls	165,000	236,000
	Wholesale inventories, MonM	0.6%
Mexico	Bank of Mexico, overnight rate	4.5%	4%

Highlights

Economy adds 236,000 jobs and unemployment rate drops to 7.7%

Competitive devaluations will hurt emerging nations, says Beijing

Export growth slows after factories close for celebrations

Dollar surges and 10-year Treasury yields hit 11-month high

Figure is far higher than other official forecasters’ figures

Largest SWF also reduces holdings of French sovereign bonds

Federal Reserve stress tests reveal bank weakness

Fall of 8% underlines sector’s struggle to recover from crisis

Easy policy stance ‘as long as needed’, says Draghi

Report identifies 17% rise in super-wealthy delegates

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March 8 data

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