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Concerns over US jobs and economic growth worry markets

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The health of the US job market remains a concern for the market despite data showing falling unemployment in August.

The health of the US job market remains a concern for the market despite data showing falling unemployment in August.

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SINGAPORE - Soft US jobs data has rattled markets, even as expectations of US Federal Reserve rate cuts have risen in recent days.

Overlay this with increasing concerns over geopolitics and nervousness over the outcome of the US presidential election in November, and the result is an unwelcome brew of volatility and nervousness.

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