In Australia employment increased by 24,500 in September, s not inconsiderable number for a country with a total population in the 22 million range.
Meanwhile, Japan appears to continue to be in a deflationary mode, with producer prices falling for the 10th month, down 6.7% year over year.
In currency, driven partly by the Bank of China statements, the dollar weakened to more than $1.50:€1.00, though it settled at $1.4961 when trading ended.
In either case, it appears that people are still betting on a recovering economy, as crude oil rose again today.
And for you gold bugs, as well as for the graph pr0n, gold hit a new record in trading today, $1,121.9/oz (troy).


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