The U,S, Department of Labor today reported that non-farm payrolls increased in March by 916,000 employees while the unemployment rate fell to 6.0%. Employment gains were led buy the leisure and hospitality, public and private education, and construction sectors. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — MARCH 2021 (dol.gov)
| Currency Pairs | Rates as of 9:19am 2 April 2021 |
| EUR/USD | 1.1768 |
| AUD/USD | 0.7614 |
| GBP/USD | 1.3837 |
| USD/JPY | 110.5800 |
| NZD/USD | 0.7032 |
| USD/CHF | 0.9409 |
| USD/NOK | 8.5335 |
| USD/SEK | 8.7131 |
| USD/CAD | 1.2548 |
| Selected Rates | |
| Fed Funds | .07 |
| Bank prime rate | 3.25 |
| Discount window | .25 |
| 2-yr Treasury | .18 |
| 10-yr Treasury | 1.71 |
| 30-yr | 2.36 |
Alton Drew 