U.S. job growth likely slowed further in September as the recovery from the COVID19 slump shifts into lower gear amid diminishing government money and a relentless pandemic, leaving many at the risk of being permanently unemployed.A critical snapshot of the job market and the economy to be released Friday is expected to show a further deceleration in hiring as the nation's viral caseload creeps higher and as government financial aid has faded.U.S. stock futures dipped on Friday after President Donald Trump said he and his wife will quarantine after a close aide tested positive for the coronavirus.The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) resumed normal trading on Friday, with the main index holding steady a day after the worstever outage brought the world's thirdlargest equity market to a standstill.Gold was headed on Friday for its best weekly gain in nearly two months, despite prices slipping from a more than oneweek high as the dollar strengthened amid doubts regarding the U.S. stimulus package.With its leadership tossed into uncertainty again, Malaysia risks delays and loss of new investments, analysts and business groups say, as anxiety bubbles among foreign investors worried about policy disruption and reforms stalling.Asian markets were little changed on Friday, as a U.S. stimulus deal remained out of reach and investors waited on fresh U.S. employment data for a read on the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic.
