European stocks head for 7th weekly gain
Yen at two-month high up on rate hike bets
Gold stable near record peak
By Amanda Cooper
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) -
U.S. stock futures steadied on Friday ahead of U.S. payrolls information, with investors meticulously positive that the world might prevent a full-on trade war, while the possibility of more rate walkings in Japan this year briefly sent out the yen towards two-month highs.
In a week that began with U.S. President Donald Trump kicking off a trade war and whipping up market volatility, financiers have actually watched out for making any significant moves, provided that he followed through on his danger to impose tasks on China while approving Mexico and Canada a one-month reprieve.
The necessary U.S. jobs report for January is due ahead of the Wall Street open. Economists anticipate to see 170,000 workers contributed to nonfarm payrolls last month, historydb.date but provided the prospective distortions from spells of winter and the California wildfires, the series of projections is wide.
"The focus for the financial markets in current weeks has actually been extremely much on Trump and his economic policies, in particular on trade, however today there is the capacity for the tasks information to influence Fed rate expectations," Derek Halpenny, [smfsimple.com](https://www.smfsimple.com/ultimateportaldemo/index.php?action=profile
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Futures Steady Ahead of US Jobs Data, Tariff Reprieve
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