The U.S. GDP came up higher than expected at 3.7%. And this was enough to through China’s woes out the window and drive back up equities and energy commodities prices. But this could all change if the upcoming NFP report…
The FOMC, as usual, didn’t make any major changes to its policy and didn’t offer any big headlines. But this was interrupted by the markets that there won’t be a September rate hike. Also, the U.S. GDP for Q2 came…
The recent NFP report wasn’t far off the market estimates as 223K jobs were added back in June, albeit the overall it wasn’t too impressive with lower participation rate and no gain in wages. But for this week the main…
It was supposed to be short week that will focus on the latest non-farm payroll report, alas the Greeks will take center stage again as they will have a referendum on the proposed bailout plan set on July 5th. Athens plead…
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 U.S. dollar changed course and rallied against the Japanese yen, Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar and remained nearly flat against the Euro. The GDP for Q1, second estimate, was released on Friday and showed a contraction of 0.7% —…
Even though last week was short, the NFP report came out on Friday and surprised analysts – only 126K jobs were added, which was well below market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the markets on Monday and…
The financial markets shifted focus from Yellen to Yemen, which kept the high volatility mainly over the rising tensions in the Middle East. This week, the main report will to be released is the NF payroll. Other U.S. reports include:…
As the whole debacle around the Greek debt crisis dissipates and takes the backburner for the near term, other economic developments could retake the center stage including the changes in the monetary policy of the FOMC and ECB. In the…
The commodities markets shifted gear as energy commodities such as oil and natural gas rallied, while precious metals such as gold and silver tumbled down. The U.S reports that were published last week including GDP, NF payroll, manufacturing PMI, and…