U.S. employment rose by a lower than anticipated rate with 214K additional jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was below market expectations, which were at 229K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll rose…
U.S. employment rose by a higher than anticipated rate as 248K jobs were add, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was above market expectations, which were at 220K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll…
U.S. employment didn’t meet expectations with only 142K jobs were add, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was well below market expectations, which were at 222K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll grew by…
U.S. employment rose 209K, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure came short of market expectations as the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll grew by 218K during July. According to the latest U.S. employment report, the…
Gold and silver changed direction and fell last week mainly following the latest FOMC’s decision to cut down again its asset purchase program by an additional $10 billion to $65 billion a month. This mini-taper was expected and yet it…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much in the past several days and only slowly declined. The recent publication of the minutes of the December FOMC meeting rekindled the conversation about the upcoming future tapering of the Fed.…
Oil price (WTI and Brent) changed course and tumbled down last week: WTI decreased by 6.34%; Brent oil, by 4.72%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly widened: The premium ranged between $11.92 and $12.93. The…
The prices of gold and silver bounced back and spiked during last week. The U.S government shutdown ended with a short-term solution; the budget talks will continue with a revised deadline of January 15th; the debt ceiling was also pushed…
The prices of oil (WTI and Brent) fell again during the past week: WTI slipped by 1.72%; Brent oil, by 0.54%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly widen: The premium ranged between $4.57 and $6.18.…
Major energy commodities including oil, and natural gas fell during last week while precious metals rallied. Equities markets slightly pulled back, while in the forex markets the US dollar depreciated against leading currencies including Euro and Japanese yen. In the…