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 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 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 U.S. non-farm payroll presented a slightly higher than expected: 211K jobs were added in November. The ADP report estimated a gain of 217K jobs and the market expectations were at 201K for November. The growth in wages also rose…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report showed a much higher than anticipated gain in jobs with 271K jobs added in October. The ADP report estimated an increase of 182K jobs and the market expectations were at 179K for October. The growth…
The market expected and the Fed needed a strong NFP report to reduce volatility and raise the odds of a rate hike this year. Oh well – not this time. The U.S. non-farm payroll report came up short again with…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report came up short with only 173K jobs added in August. The ADP report estimated an increase of 190K jobs and the market expectations were at 220K for August – this means the NFP came by…
The high volatility in the financial markets has also kept moving gold and silver prices – albeit mostly downward. Although they did bounce on Friday, precious metals were still down for week: gold and silver fell by 2% and 5%,…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report presented another solid, albeit not too surprising, increase of 215K in July – again in line with market expectations. The ADP report estimated an increase of 185K jobs and the market expectations were at 224K…