The NFP report showed another sign that the labor market is doing well and on its road towards full employment; this also means a higher chance of a rate hike this year. The BOE also helped weaken its pound by…
The recent non-farm payroll – showing a gain of only 173K jobs in August — wasn’t too impressive at first glance, but a closer look shows the report wasn’t too bad — with upward revisions of previous months, modest gain…
The NFP report didn’t turn out to get a strong market reaction considering it came very close to market expectations with a gain of 215K. But another fair report is still another chip for the Fed to consider raising rates…
The latest NFP report presented a better than expected results with a gain of 280K jobs back in May. This news is likely to keep echoing in the first couple of trading days this week but the release of the…
The recent NFP report was inline with market expectations but did present downward revisions for previous months. The aftermath of this report will continue to resonate in the markets in the coming days. Besides this labor market update, here are…
The volatility in the financial markets continues as the tensions between ECB and Greece’s new elected government progresses. This week, the Euro group and ECOFIN summits are likely to further discuss the Greek debt situation. Other publications and events to…
The commodities markets moved in an unclear trend last week as oil remained nearly flat, natural gas bounced back, silver traded down and gold rallied. On this week’s agenda: U.S consumer sentiment, GDP reports for the second quarter from Japan,…
The prices of oil and natural gas took a noise dive last week, while precious metals rallied mainly by the end of the week. On this week’s agenda: Yellen testifies, Philly Fed index, U.S PPI, China’s GDP for the second…
Gold and silver bounced back last week despite their modest fall on Friday following the released of the NF payroll report, in which 217K jobs were added during May – inline with markets projections. Even the decision of the ECB…
The commodities and forex markets remained relatively unchanged last week as the prices of precious metals, natural gas and oil slightly moved. This week, many news items of the agenda including: U.S PPI, China’s industrial production, U.S JOLTS report, EU…