NEW YORK, April 5- Prices for U.S. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy produced just 88,000 new jobs last month- less than half the 200,000 expected in a Reuters poll, and below even the lowest estimate in the survey. "
NEW YORK, April 5- Major stock markets tumbled, the dollar fell, while Treasury prices rallied on Friday after a much weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report added to fears the U.S. economic recovery was losing steam.
LONDON, April 5- The investment herd is scattering again in a sign of less stressful times, encouraged by resolute central bank protection even if scarce growth and jobs may deter funds from straying too far.
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. The jobs news when combined with weaker global equity markets, the Bank of Japan's recently announced monetary stimulus program, and escalating tension in the Korean peninsula encouraged investors to buy bonds, pushing yields lower. "
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*F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a drop of more than 1 percent at the open on Friday, following a payroll report that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of reports to indicate that economic growth may be losing momentum.
*Japan stimulus demand seen driving euro zone yield drop. LONDON, April 5- Investors cash fleeing Japan's massive stimulus plans in search of higher returns lifted yields on Friday to record levels on government bonds across the euro zone.
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures sharply extended losses on Friday after data showed American employers hired at the slowest pace in nine months in March, a sign that Washington's austerity drive could be stealing momentum from the economy.
*S&P 500 on track for biggest weekly decline of 2013. *F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as investors looked to the release of nonfarm payrolls data, which could be the latest in a series of reports pointing to slowing growth.
LONDON, April 5- The yen recovered against the dollar on Friday as investors took profit on a steep slide prompted by a surprisingly radical monetary expansion drive from the Bank of Japan.
*S&P 500 on track for biggest weekly decline of 2013. *F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures were lower on Friday as investors looked to the release of nonfarm payrolls data, which could be the latest in a series of reports pointing to slowing growth.
SEOUL/ NEW DELHI, April 5- Asian policymakers braced for a flood of capital unleashed by the Bank of Japan's huge monetary stimulus, but some conceded on Friday the impact on global money flows and currencies might prove to be a necessary side-effect to get the region's No.2 economy growing.
TOKYO, April 5- Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply on Friday, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting, a day after the Bank of Japan announced extraordinary stimulus steps to revive the world's third-largest economy.
*Plunge in Korea, China pulls MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 1.1 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares hit a three-month low on Friday as concerns over bird flu in China and escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula unsettled investors as they counted down to potentially pivotal U.S. payrolls data out later in the session.
*BOJ pledges to pump $1.4 trillion into economy. TOKYO, April 5- The yen touched a 3-1/ 2- year low on Friday after suffering its biggest one-day tumble since late 2008 in the previous session, when the Bank of Japan surprised markets with a radical campaign of monetary expansion to attack deflation.
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. Today's report pushes out the date at which the Federal Reserve may reduce its purchases of securities, "said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist, Investments Group, at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
TOKYO, April 5- Yields on benchmark 10- year Japanese government bonds rebounded sharply from record lows on Friday as investors locked in gains a day after the Bank of Japan unveiled sweeping monetary stimulus to revive the economy.
TOKYO, April 5- The Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trade in Japanese government bond futures twice on Friday after a sharp plunge in the wake of the Bank of Japan's massive policy overhaul in the previous session. The first trading halt came after 10- year JGB futures shed one point.
TOKYO, April 5- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda played down concerns his unprecedented burst of monetary stimulus would create asset-price bubbles even as it delivered an immediate pay-off in global markets, with government bond yields at a record low, the yen hitting a 3-1/ 2 year trough and stocks surging to multi-year highs.