The U.S. non-farm payroll disappointed again with a gain of only 38K jobs in May – the lowest level since September 2010 and way off market estimates: The ADP estimated a gain of 173K jobs and the market expect a…
The U.S. non-farm payroll presented a gain of only 160K jobs in April compared to the ADP’s anticipated increase of 156K jobs and market expectations of 203K. The growth in wages picked up again to 2.5% as wages increased by…
The latest U.S. non-farm payroll showed a slightly higher than expected headline figure: 215K jobs in March compared to the ADP’s anticipated a gain of 200K jobs and market expectations of 206K. The growth in wages inched up to 2.3%…
The Federal Reserve is starting to acclimate to the global economic woes and released a dovish statement – relative to the Fed of course – for the first time in months. The Fed didn’t change its policy and mostly addressed…
The labor isn’t progressing smoothly as indicated by the latest U.S. non-farm payroll: It showed a much higher than expected headline figure: 242K jobs were added in February. The ADP reported a gain of 214K jobs; the market anticipated 195K…
After presenting strong reports in the past several months, the U.S. non-farm payroll showed a lower than expected headline number: Only 151K jobs were added in January – the lowest gain since September. The ADP report estimated 205K jobs were…
The BEA published a slightly lower than expected GDP (first estimate) for Q4 2015: The growth rate was 0.7% – 0.1 pp below market expectations. In the third estimate the GDP growth rate was 2%. So the U.S. economy grew…
The Fed, as expected, didn’t rock the boat with a rate hike; nor did it back down from its stance to raise rates this year. So what else is new? Well, the Fed address the high volatility in the financial…
The U.S. non-farm payroll showed a much better than expected headline figure: 292K jobs were added in December. The ADP report estimated 257K jobs were added and the market expectations were set much lower at 203K for December. The growth…
The BEA released U.S. GDP (third and final estimate) for Q3 2015: The growth rate reached 2% – 0.1 pp higher than market expectations. In the second estimate the GDP growth rate was 2.1%. And in Q2, the GDP grew…