Financial World

France’s CAC index opened down 0.4%

British FTSE100 index opened down 0.5%

Westpac New Zealand in the third quarter consumer confidence index rose 14.3 points to 120.3

3-month sterling Libor fixed at 0.66500 percent reported Friday, 0.67000% reported Thursday.

3-month U.S. dollar Libor fixed at 0.31438 percent reported Friday, 0.32188% reported Thursday.

3-month euro Libor fixed at 0.76250 percent reported Friday, 0.77750% reported Thursday.

U.S. August unemployment rate 9.7%, expected 9.5%

U.S. August non-farm employment to reduce 216,000, is expected to reduce 225,000

The United States in August an average of 33.1 hours, the former value of 33.1 is predicted value of 33.1.

U.S. August non-farm employment change of -21.6 million, the former value of -24.7 million, estimated the value of -23.0 million.