"Canada lost jobs last month, and markets couldn’t have cared less," declared Scotiabank’s Derek Holt. "Heartless? Not really, it’s a rational response to a dog’s breakfast of data and shaky underlying drivers," he said. Here's what else economists were chewing

Thursday's bond markets reacted loudly to a disappointing U.S. jobs triple whammy, while tech losses dragged equity markets–and yields–lower.

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