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The U.S. Dollar is trading lower against most majors except the Japanese Yen, as investors await this afternoon’s FOMC policy statement and tomorrow’s Bank of Japan monetary policy decision.

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The market gapped higher this morning after the government employment report was released. The job report that was released was better than expected and this did cause the U.S. Dolllar to spike initially. We know when the dollar declines it usually benefits the stock markets indexes. Therefore, keep an eye on

U.S. equity markets are trading higher ahead of this morning’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report. Appetite for risk is up overnight which could spillover to the U.S. markets if the jobs number shows that the economy is improving.

The U.S. Dollar is trading mixed overnight ahead of this morning’s Non-Farm Payrolls Report. Demand for risky assets is up overnight putting pressure on lower yielding currencies. Traders are looking for a loss of about 50,000 jobs. This guess is higher than last month’s actual loss of 20,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is expected to rise from 9.7% to 9.8%.

U.S. stocks finished higher despite a shift in sentiment toward less risky assets. For most of the day, the indices traded inside of a tight range on low volume. Traders kept a lid on gains and a floor on losses ahead of Friday’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report.

U.S. equity markets are trading flat to lower ahead of this morning’s weekly jobless claims report. In addition, investors seem to be taking a non-committal approach in front of tomorrow’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report. The Forex markets indicate that investor sentiment is shifting back toward risk aversion which could pressure equity markets today.

Besides news regarding the debt crisis in Europe, futures and Forex traders will be focusing on today’s Challenger jobs report and the ADP private sector jobs report for direction. Traders expect the ADP report to show a loss of 20,000 jobs. An amount greater than 20,000 should support the Dollar as it will indicate a weaker economy.

The markets ended the last week of February 2010 almost flat. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) ended the week -$0.40. While they were basically flat, that does not describe the crazy movement and wild swings the markets displayed during the week. Between the wild swings in the