Risk trades shrug off historic claims number but USD/JPY stays weak


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USD/JPY is the thing to watch
Stock futures pared some losses after the initial jobless claims report. Maybe they weren’t as bad as feared or maybe there were would-be buyers who just wanted to wait until after the day. In any case, US equity futures have cut losses by about 1.3 percentage points to 0.7%.