It's Labor day in the US and Canada

<p>It's the first Monday in September and that means it's Labor Day in the US and Canada. Markets are closed and the economic calendar is bare.</p><p>The FX market doesn't close for holiday though so trading continues and the euro and pound are off to nice starts to the week as the US dollar slackens.</p><p>There were plenty of events on the weekend to recap and plenty to look forward to this week. I'll be getting to those in the hours ahead.</p>

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.