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Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:

Investors and economic policymakers alike are counting down to this morning’s delayed nonfarm payroll report, due out at 8:30 a.m. ET. The data comes less than a week after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and as the race to lead the central bank takes another turn.

Here’s what to know:

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