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While the employment growth in February was not as significant as in January, it was still somewhat more than expected, which is another sign that the Canadian economy will start 2023 with more strength than previously predicted.The increase in jobs this month was less pronounced than in prior months, but …

The GBP/USD pair rallied almost 1% on Friday, following the US NFP data. Bulls struggle at the 200-day EMA, exacerbating a GBP/USD fall of 60 pips to current rates. GBP/USD recovers some ground getting ready to finish the week with minimal gains after bouncing off YTD lows at 1.1802, with …

Italy’s Treasury is preparing to launch new bonds dedicated to small savers in an effort to increase retail investors’ holdings of the country’s huge debt.Rome is trying to find new bond buyers for its over 2.760 trillion Euro ($2.92 trillion) debt – proportionally the second highest in the Eurozone – …

The precious metal was able to extend its gains during the American trading session, and the price of gold headed higher, touching a high of $1,842.55 immediately after the announcement of the US non-farm payroll data on the daily chart, after the release of the US jobs report for February, …

USD Index weakens further post US Payrolls data. The Dollar Index extends its deflation to 3-day lows near 104.60. US yields drop further in the wake of the US jobs report. The US economy created more jobs than initially estimated in February.The dollar now loses further ground and breaks below …

The data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed on Friday that Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 311,000 in February. This reading came in much higher than the market expectation of 205,000 and followed January’s print of 504,000 (revised from 517,000). Further details of the jobs report showed …

European stock markets traded sharply lower Friday as nervousness ahead of the widely-watched U.S. jobs report and weakness in the banking sector overshadowed better-than-expected U.K. growth data. At 08:40 GMT, the DAX index in Germany traded 1.7% lower, the CAC 40 in France dipped 1.9% and the FTSE 100 in …

The Turkish lira, which is prone to sharp fluctuations before normal trading time, stabilized early on Friday after tumbling 4.25 percent to a record low of 19.80 against the dollar on Thursday evening. By 0439 GMT, the lira had settled at 18.9575 against the dollar, the same closing level on …

Gold prices rose on Friday as investors awaited the US non-farm payrolls data, which is expected to be released on Friday, to assess the possible path of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve (US central bank). By 0716 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1% to $1832.24 an ounce, and US …

During the American session, US yields decreased even more. US 2-year yields decreased to 4.95% and 10-year yields to 3.92%. The US Dollar suffered from the falling rates. The DXY dropped to 105.20 for the second day in a row. The retreat of the Greenback is still a correction from …