UBS On-Air: Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Getting it wrong'
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The US will be revising last year’s non-farm payrolls data. Markets have a heightened interest in the labor market, and these revisions are likely to be negative. However, this does not change anything about the economy. Making payrolls marginally less inaccurate is about spin, n
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