US Payrolls Rise by 173,000 as Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.1%
Employers added 173,000 workers in August and the jobless rate dropped to 5.1 percent, the lowest si...
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USDJPY – Technical Support Awaits Ahead of NFP
The dollar continues to look bearish against the yen today after breaking below Wednesday’s lo...
Risk Aversion Seen Ahead of Key Jobs Report
Risk aversion is the order of the day in the financial markets as investors eye the US jobs report a...
USD/CAD – Canada’s Jobs Report A Sideshow To NFP
CAD consolidation into double payroll reports Loonie bears to take their cues from today’s NFP...
Jobs Report May Prove Decisive in Two Weeks
It would appear we’re going to see risk aversion in the markets on Friday ahead of what is clearly...
NFP to Have Last Say on September Rate Hike
August employment data to decide Fed Interest Rate Hike Timing The August non farm payrolls (NFP) em...
Oil Rises Despite Higher Inventories
Oil prices rose on Thursday as an equity market rally offset a surprise increase in U.S. oil invento...
August Job Revisions Could Give Fed Wrong Idea About Employment
The U.S. government has initially underestimated job growth for almost every August over the last de...
Dallas Fed’s Fisher Says Stock Volatility Will not Make Central Bank Pause
The recent stock market volatility that has sent U.S. stock indexes in and out of correction territo...
US Companies Reduce Expected Job Cuts
Job cuts announced by U.S.-based companies plummeted 61 percent in August after rising to a four-yea...
Dovish Draghi Drives Yields and Euro Lower
The ECBs decision making process this month when confronted with ongoing low inflation in the euro a...
Oil Steady After Mixed Data
Crude prices traded in a narrow range on Thursday as optimism over equity markets helped offset a su...
US Trade Deficit Shrinks to 5 Month Low
The U.S. trade deficit fell in July to its lowest level in five months as exports rose, signaling un...
UK Service Sector Expands at Slowest Rate in 2 Years
The engine of Britain’s economic growth slipped a gear in August after the services sector expande...
German Finance Ministry Serious about Volatility but not Panicking
Germany is taking recent market volatility “very seriously,” but a finance ministry offi...
Greece to Miss 2015 Privatisation Targets
Greece will miss its revenue target from asset sales this year due to delays in a 1.2 billion euro a...
Euro Zone Business Activity Reaches 4 Year High
Euro zone business activity accelerated at its fastest pace in more than four years last month as It...
China to Hold Off on Stimulus Bazooka for Now
Investors hoping for a similar show of force to boost the slowing Chinese economy and calm nerves ab...
IMF Warns Central Banks About Raising Rates Too Soon
The International Monetary Fund has warned the world’s biggest economies against raising inter...
US Treasury Secretary Criticizes China’s Currency Policy
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, in an exclusive interview with CNBC, diplomatically but firmly criticiz...