There's very little direction. Everyone's tuning into (the payrolls figures) especially since the Fed has been talking about watching incoming data for guidance on how they're going to move in March.
Carolyn Kwan
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Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor.
Mamoru Ashimoto
With payrolls so close, people are looking at risk/reward and deciding to be safe.
Dominic Konstam
But whether payrolls come in at minus 10,000 or plus 10,000, it won't tell you that much.
Gerald Cohen
We're talking about the difference between a little below and a little above, but the number is consistent with the view that we're going to see payrolls flat to lower in August.
Gerald Cohen
The (symphony) board just decided we didn't have the cash to make payrolls at this point, and we'd better stop.
Fred Berkenkamp
We've got a lot of things going on right now in the market, but the main focus is on the non-farm payrolls report Friday.
Gary Wolfer
The market is correcting Friday's move (after payrolls). People are looking toward Greenspan and waiting to see how the U.S. will react after Labor Day.
Ian Gunner
This raises the odds that manufacturing payrolls may finally break through on Friday and register a gain.
Steve Stanley
I think this is a dollar-supportive (report) ... regardless of the headline (non-farm payrolls) number.
Naomi Fink
The (auto) sector continues to face ongoing competitive challenges, as manufacturers shed a further 1,200 payrolls during December, bringing the 2005 job losses to 100,400.
Sarah Hughes
For consumer spending to be sustained at any meaningful pace you need a more substantial improvement in payrolls.
Rick Egelton
As far as the Fed is concerned, payrolls growth is probably just about right -- not too hot and not too cold.
Paul Ashworth
The market went down almost four weeks in a row in part on the February payrolls number with traders saying the economy is good, but we have no jobs.
Robert Long
Big payrolls can give you an advantage, but smart management always gives you an advantage.
Gary Gillette
One of these days, we're going to see an increase in non-farm payrolls for the manufacturing sector.
David Resler
People are getting defensive, setting up for payrolls. We live from payroll to payroll, and the market fiddles around in between.
Gerald Lucas
Tomorrow's payrolls numbers will dictate whether this setback lasts longer than today.
Rupert Thompson
Claims have been drifting well below normal levels throughout the month. On the eve of the January payrolls report tomorrow, it could just indicate that a blowout (strong) number for payrolls could be in the cards.
Ronald Simpson
At the end of the day, I think the payrolls and the unemployment numbers today are fairly ho-hum. It's another post in the firm economy.
Michael Vogelzang
I think overall the perception is that the payrolls number is OK, because at least the Fed is now going to stay put on interest rates.
Robert Long
The labor market has been robust. In the last month, we got a good payrolls report so that probably helped.
Elisabeth Denison
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