Brief Summary: The nonfarm payrolls figure released by the US Department of Labor presents the number of new jobs created during the previous month, in all non-agricultural business, within the States. The payrolls figure can change significantly month on month, due to its high correlation with economic policy decisions made by the US Central Bank. The
Markets: Gold up $7 to $1992 US 10-year yields down 9.3 bps to 4.57% WTI crude oil down $1.64 to $80.83 S&P 500 up 1.0% NZD leads, USD lags This week marked a turn of the calendar and a turn in markets. Treasury yields plunged and the dollar sank along with them. Meanwhile, it was
© Reuters. Investing.com– Most Asian currencies advanced on Friday, while the dollar eased further as traders bet that the Federal Reserve was done with its interest rate hikes, although anticipation of key nonfarm payrolls data kept gains in check. Regional trading volumes were also somewhat muted on account of a Japanese market holiday. Rate-sensitive, risk-heavy
Share: Mullen Automotive stock has gained 7% over the past five trading sessions. MULN stock slid 35% in late September as delisting worries continued. Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls blew expectations out of the water as US hiring exploded. Bulls need to shoot for the 21-day SMA near $0.51. NASDAQ Composite gives up over 1% on
When the US jobs report came out and showed a stronger-than-expected 336K nonfarm payroll jobs (estimate 170K) and revisions of over 100K to the prior month’s, the US dollar moved higher, yields moved higher and stocks moved lower. However, then people started to look at things like the unemployment rate remaining at 3.8% (despite the
The ranges from the survey are useful to be aware of for such high-profile data. When the actual results fall outside the range of estimates the market impact can be outsized. I posted earlier in the week the range of estimates for the ADP data, which then came in well below. The market response was
Brief Summary: The nonfarm payrolls figure released by the US Department of Labor presents the number of new jobs created during the previous month, in all non-agricultural business, within the States. The payrolls figure can change significantly month on month, due to its high correlation with economic policy decisions made by the US Central Bank. The
Share: Nonfarm Payrolls for August provided data showing Fed may not require more hikes. NVDA stock has been forming Japanese candlestick doji patterns late this week that demonstrate uncertainty among bulls. Intel’s Gaudi 2 chip is being called a competitor to Nvidia’s H100. Samsung signs deal to begin supply high bandwidth memory chips
© Reuters. Investing.com– Most Asian currencies moved in a flat-to-low range on Friday, while the dollar steadied after an overnight recovery as markets awaited key U.S. nonfarm payrolls data due later in the day. The dollar rebounded from a three-week low on Thursday after data showed that grew much more than expected in July, pointing
Jobs market cooling a bit but still extremely strong Goods inflation has been tough to bring down Highlights improvements in US productivity as disinflationary Fed has to be patient, monetary policy has lags Question should be: How long are we going to stay at these levels, not about when the next hike will be Holding
