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S&P 500 futures are trading higher once again



S&P 500 futures are trading higher once again as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting which concludes today, extending its impressive run. The equity gauge has rallied 5.4 percent in October, heading for the biggest monthly gain in two years, as lawmakers ended a 16-day government shutdown and agreed to extend the U.S. borrowing authority, avoiding a possible debt default.

Market participants attention is now focused on the Fed’s timing and depth to reductions in monthly bond purchases. With the government shutdown expected to reduce economic growth by 0.3 percent this quarter and a stream of weak data, including todays disappointing U.S jobs report, there is a growing expectation that the central bank will maintain stimulus measures at the current levels until March 2014.

The 130,000 increase in employment was the smallest in six months and followed a revised 145,000 gain in September that was weaker than initially estimated. The monthly figures are the first to show how employment fared during a 16-day partial federal shutdown that started October 1st and there is no doubt that Federal Reserve policymakers will be watching employment figures as they debate when to scale back the record monetary stimulus.

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