S&P 500 Analysis US Equities Recover Lost Ground as Data Sends Real Yields Lower The top 500 US stocks ranked by market capitalization have partially recovered one of the deepest pullback seen during the current bull market. Rising risk-free rates (US treasuries) at a time when inflation has declined, has resulted in higher US real
Treasury yields and the Dollar tumbled while equity futures rallied on the August jobs report that showed more cooling than expected. This report was close to Goldilocks with slowing in employment with a 2023 average monthly gain of 236k versus 399k for 2022. The unemployment rate jumped, due to a big surge in the labor
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester gives closing remarks onsite before hybrid Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany. She’s well-traveled at the moment as she spoke at Jackson Hole a week ago. Job market still strong amid signs of rebalancing 3.8% jobless rate is still low Main Fed debate is
AUGUST LABOR MARKET REPORT August U.S. nonfarm payrolls increase by 187,000 versus 170,000 expected The unemployment rate rises to 3.8%, as the participation rate ticks up to 62.8% from 62.6% Average hourly earnings rise 0.2 % m-o-m and 4.3% y-o-y, one-tenth of a percent below estimates in both cases Trade Smarter – Sign up for
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee counts U.S. dollar notes at a money changer in Jakarta January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar is unlikely to lose its status as the global reserve currency anytime soon, even as the expansion of the BRICS group of developing nations signals another challenge to the
Share: US Nonfarm Payrolls are expected to increase by 170K in August, slowing from the 187K reported in July. The headline NFP and Average Hourly Earnings could impact the Fed’s future policy. The Unemployment Rate in the United States is seen steady at 3.5% in August. Traders scale back the odds of a
Article by IG Senior Market Analyst Axel Rudolph FTSE 100, DAX 40, Nasdaq 100 Analysis and Charts FTSE 100 on track for second week of gains The FTSE 100, which slid back to its breached July-to-August downtrend line on Thursday, is bouncing off it ahead of US Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday. The UK blue chip
The markets were quiet on the last day of August, awaiting the key jobs report today. Treasuries and the US Dollar were firmer, but off their best levels, while Wall Street closed mixed. Ongoing expectations that the FOMC can pause, or is done with rate hikes continued to support along with the lingering impact from
US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. Inflation expectations and CPI readings continue to show disinflation with the last two Core CPI M/M figures coming in at 0.16%. The US PMIs missed expectations across
