The bigger than expected 163,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in July, up from a muted 64,000 in June, will ease fears that the US economy is following Europe into recession. If this proves to be the start of a run of stronger data, could yet convince the Fed that it might not need to provide more monetary stimulus after all.
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