The unemployment rate for white workers crept higher in October, running counter to the overall trend.

South Korea’s unemployment rate came in at 2.5% in September, compared to 2.4% in August.

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is exploring whether obesity drugs could be used to curb joblessness after signing a major investment deal with the U.K.

Nonfarm payrolls are projected to show growth of 150,000, form 142,000 the month before, with a steady unemployment rate of 4.2%.

“We are likely to see significant increases in volatility and markets that really are whipped back and forth dramatically,” Roach told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”

China’s youths are retreating to the countryside after getting fired from their jobs, or unable to secure one that they are content with.

The jobless rate for people in China ages 16 to 24, and not in school, rose to 18.8% last month. That’s up from 17.1% in July, and 13.2% in June.

Investors in Asia will parse Fed’s decision, New Zealand GDP figures, August trade data from Malaysia, unemployment rate from Australia.

WalletHub ranked the 50 states across 30 key metrics ranging from income growth, unemployment, depression rate and more.

Traders in Asia parsed the Reuters Tankan business sentiment survey from Japan, South Korea unemployment data and the U.S. presidential debate.