The U.S. labor force grew again during November: according to the recent U.S. employment report, which was published today, December 2nd by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of non-farm employees grew by 120,000. The growth in employment was…
Today the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.7% during November. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI – an index that presents the economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector, rose for the 28th consecutive…
Gold and silver prices ended November on a positive note as they have sharply inclined along with the rest of the financial markets. The news from Europe on the Fed’s reduction of interest rates on USD loans to EU banks…
Major commodities ended November on a positive note as their prices inclined along with the rest of the major financial markets including the American and European stock markets; this rally came following the announcement that five prime Central banks including…
According to the last U.S. pending homes sales report the downward trend in this market has changed direction and there was a sharp increase in pending home sales during October 2011, and the October 2011 U.S. pending home sales index…
Gold and silver prices moderately changed yesterday with no clear trend. Italy’s bond sale gone well and may have indicated a slight positive sentiment in the financial markets in regards to the recent changes in Italy. Today the U.S Pending…
Major energy commodities continued to rally despite the modest changes in other financial instruments such as the moderate changes in the American stock markets indexes. Crude oil continued to trade up. Natural gas spot price (Henry Hub) also kept on…
Following the slight decline in the U.S consumer confidence index during October, this index rallied in November. According to the last U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index bounced back in November compared with October’s index: The index reached…
Gold and silver prices started the week with sharp rises, after they had declined on Friday. Major commodities prices such as crude oil prices also rallied yesterday. The news of Fitch’s negative outlook on U.S. might influence trades during the…
Following the high volume shopping in the U.S on Black Friday the financial markets followed as stock markets and major commodities prices rallied from the falls they have experienced during the end of last week. Gold and silver prices registered…