Stocks and the dollar jumped on Friday on strong U.S. employment data that boosted expectations of an acceleration in economic growth and raised the probability of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year. Forecast-beating U.S. nonfarm payrolls numbers, released a day after the launch of a Bank of England monetary easing package, sent U.S. Treasury yields higher. MSCI’s world stocks index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares in 45 countries, was up 0.59 percent, advancing for a second straight day. The index added to early gains as the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 stock index rallied to close at a record high. U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 255,000 in July as hiring increased broadly after an upwardly revised 292,000 surge in June, the U.S. Labor Department said. Economists had expected a […]