The Fed’s Powell said the phrase ‘downside risks’ six times in his press conference yesterday—is that bad news for tomorrow’s jobs number?

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Markets in Europe and Asia are broadly up this morning with the exception of China, where stocks fell on news of an unexpected deterioration in manufacturing. S&P 500 futures are up nearly a full percentage point, premarket, suggesting that Wall Street very much liked Fed chair Jerome…

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