Canada's October unemployment rate edged up to a six-month high.

New Zealand Finance Minister Willis said her chances of returning to Parliament are very small.

US nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000 in Oct and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, the Labor Department said Friday; the prior two months’ payrolls were revised up. Resilient consumer spending and strong business investment have supported demand and corporate profits, prompting firms to hire; gains were broad-based, led by professional and business services and healthcare. Ahead of the Fed’s Dec meeting officials will receive another jobs report and full inflation data; after the release short-term interest-rate futures fell and traders increased odds of a Fed rate hike in December following a Sept hike and an Oct pause.