Quite a bit worse than Reuters median forecast of -10k.
Unemployment rate 7.0%, up from 6.9% in September and worse than median forecast of 6.9%.
Euro zone October final manufacturing PMI 47.1, down from 48.5 in September and slightly worse than initial read/median forecast of 47.3.
The crap data isn’t affecting the single currency one little bit, EUR/USD up at 1.3793 at writing.
Sources report Middle East buying notable in recent trade.
