Daily Economic Reports

During the third quarter, the Japanese yen faced continued losses against the U.S. dollar, driven by the differing monetary approaches of the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve, aiming to restore price stability, aggressively raised borrowing costs, leading to the highest benchmark rate since 2002 and …

The safe-haven dollar and Japanese yen rose on Monday after violence in the Middle East spooked markets, while a strong US jobs report gave the greenback a bigger boost. The appetite for risk declined after Israeli forces clashed with gunmen from the Palestinian Hamas movement at the beginning of the …

The US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) will release the September jobs report on Friday, October 6 at 12:30 GMT, and as the day approaches, here are the projections for the upcoming employment statistics from 4 major banks’ economists and researchers. Nonfarm payrolls are expected to rise by 170K in …

US stocks have shown relatively steady performance as investors await the September jobs report. Wall Street stocks recovered ground on Thursday, finishing just below the flatline after breaking a three-day losing streak on Wednesday. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were down a modest 0.1%. A pullback in …

On October 6 at 12:30 GMT, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics will release its employment report for September. Major bank economists and researchers anticipate that nonfarm payrolls will rise by 170K in September, down from 187K in August, and that the unemployment rate would drop down to 3.7%. Earnings …

Exporters are battling diplomatic sensitivities, visa problems, and a determination to lessen dependence on China as the country’s economic recovery becomes a worldwide worry. Chinese exporters are looking into the US market’s potential and hoping to make it their main source of production orders. Despite the uneven economic recovery, the …

While US WTI slid $3.29, or 3.69 percent, to $85.94 per barrel, Brent crude oil futures were down $3.30, or 3.63 percent. On Wednesday, October 4, oil plummeted by more than $3 a barrel as worries about macroeconomic headwinds’ impact on demand outweighed Saudi Arabia’s and Russia’s commitments to maintain …

ECB’s Christine Lagarde, has cautioned that the United States and the Eurozone should never take the status of their currencies as reserve currency for granted because nations like China and Russia are working to develop their own financial systems.The eighty-year dominance of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has …

Gold price up by 0.07%; trading at $1823.78 per ounce at the time of writing. The precious metal is looking forward to recovery due to softer than expected US ADP Employment Change data. Job vacancies by US employers were upbeat in August, indicating strong labor demand. However, the US Services …

On Wednesday, the Japanese yen fell slightly against the dollar after its unexpected rise in the previous session, which raised speculation that the Japanese authorities intervened to support the currency. The Japanese currency fell slightly to 149.12 to the dollar in early Asian trading, after jumping about two percent during …