European Equity Market Handover Stocks surge as bad news is good news again

Stock market snapshot as of [7/6/2019 4:31 PM]

In one of the surest signs yet that markets and the economy are ending one era and (re)entering another, bad news is good news once again
For the second time in three months, non-farm payrolls missed badly, coming in at 75,000 in May against 175,000 forecast, according to a consensus compiled by Bloomberg. Earnings growth also dipped vs. expectations, rising 0.2% month-to-month instead of 0.3% foreseen; payrolls over the prior two months were revised down by 75,000
It’s worth noting that forecasts had been sliding all week as data points that typically accompany the official figures disappointed. The fact that the headline print was lower still, shows the extent to which the swing caught markets off-side
Yet after a fairly brief dip in risk appetite, several large global indices are set for their best one-day rise of the month so far
Friday’s U.S. jobs figures are juxtaposed against the heads of three major central banks this week reaffirming a willingness to act (or act again, in the RBA's case)
As such, investors now expect any confirmed economic downturn to be salved by easing

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