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Bitcoin jumped above $50,000 on Tuesday to a new record high, continuing a rally fueled by indications that the world’s largest cryptocurrency is gaining traction among major investors. Bitcoin reached a new peak of $ 50 thousand, and in its most recent transactions it was 3.9% at $ 49,891. The …

The Eurozone economy contracted 0.6% on quarter in the three months to December of 2020, beating -0.7% expected, the second estimate showed on Tuesday. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s GDP dropped by -5.0% in Q4 vs. -5.1% seen in the first readout while beating -5.1% expectations.

There were 793,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending February 6, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 812,000 and came in worse than the market expectation of 757,000.

The Unemployment Rate in Canada rose to 9.4% in January from 8.8% (revised from 8.6%) in December with the Net Change in Employment declining more than 212,000 (vs -47.5K expected), the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of 8.9%. 

Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US increased by 49,000 in January, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. This reading came in largely in line with the market expectation of 50,000. On a negative note, December’s reading got revised down to -227,000 from -140,000.

There were 779,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending January 30, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 812,000 (revised from 847,000) and came in better than the market expectation of …

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% at its January policy meeting and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion.

Employment in the US’ private sector increased by 174,000 in January, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institue revealed on Wednesday. This reading beat the market expectation of 49,000 by a wide margin. Furthermore, December’s reading got revised up to -78,000 from -123,000.

Pfizer expects to generate about $ 15 billion in sales this year from the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with its German partner BioNTech. The company achieved sales of the vaccine valued at $ 154 million in the fourth quarter, and the company expects adjusted full-year earnings of $ 3.10 per …

The Eurozone economy contracted 0.7% on quarter in the three months to December of 2020, beating -1.2% expected, the first estimate showed on Tuesday. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s GDP dropped by 5.1% in Q4 vs. -4.3% seen in Q3 2020 while beating -4.3% expectations.