美國總統特朗普：美聯儲主席沃什有一個稍顯敵對的委員會。

Analyst Jersey said today's nonfarm payrolls make a Fed rate hike harder to implement. While markets still price the Fed's next move as a hike, the report highlights that a rate increase could threaten the employment side of the Fed's dual mandate. Although Walsh sought to downplay the employment mandate, Jersey expects an FOMC majority will worry a hike could hurt jobs; absent inflation sustainably above 3% and expected to remain there, they will hold the policy rate unchanged until a clear trend shift.

Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index closed up 0.5% at 5,244.29, a record closing high.