india, ford s allen moulally. caution has crept in before the week is out. european markets are marginally out, asian markets are marginally down. futures are flat. the predicted number of new jobs is around about 150,000. many say that is better but charles still not good enough. no. i think that s very much going to be what is dominating investor thought really all way around the globe. we are seeing this slight rebound here in europe. there was a bit of a sell-off, i think perhaps in anticipation of a strong nonfarm payroll. maybe as many as 90,000 jobs being created. that s the whisper number on wall street. as that number goes down to more than 150,000, which seems to be the consensus, there s less prospect of u.s. interest rates being moved up soon and perhaps there s pressure on the euro. there is a lot of worry out here behind all of this. we re still worrying about banks. .only credit rights issue a couple of days ago is still being talked about in the markets be
agreat day, after the chinese government raised the tax threshold on the amount of money earned from oil income. as you see, giving a boost to the big oil plays in china. charles? okay, let s have a look back at wall street and the thursday session there. well, we had some gains there for the banks, jobless claims so it would appear were down. obviously there was jobs data which was quite updata. there s also speculation that the white house may unveil a nationwide mortgage refinancing plan. so let s have a look now at how trading is set to begin on wall street when the u.s. stock markets open this friday. so we are looking at a very, very marginal bounce, andrew. we certainly are. okay. charles, now, today is the first friday of the month. and that means we learn how the