The Bank of England has warned that rising inflation could trigger a selloff in global financial markets, with a damaging impact on the UK economy.BoE expects inflation will rise above 4% this winter, and will remain elevated until at least the summer of 2022 before gradually falling back towards its …
Read More »Stocks close lower but S&P 500 still on weekly gain
Stocks closed in the red on Friday as investors digested a key report on the labor market’s recovery, which showed a much weaker than expected growth of hiring in September. The S&P 500 fluctuated between gains and losses throughout the day, trading choppily like recurrent waves after three successive sessions …
Read More »EUR/USD stabilizes around 1.1570 on NFP report
EUR/USD has risen above Thursday’s daily highs is trading at 1.1572, gaining 0.17% during the New York session. Earlier in the American session, it reached a daily high at 1.1586, but as most G8 currencies, retreated the move.Despite an awful US employment report, the market seems aware that nothing will …
Read More »Biden keeps Americans waiting 90 minutes for comments on poor jobs report
U. S. President Biden on Friday brushed off a second month of disappointing jobs growth figures, claiming “monthly totals bounce around” before walking off without taking reporters’ questions.Biden spoke about 90 minutes later than scheduled and emphasized that the unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in September; the lowest since …
Read More »Quiet revolution in German economy by Scholz
At the meeting of finance ministers of the Eurozone in Luxembourg on Oct. 4, one prominent regular attendee was missing. Olaf Scholz, Germany’s finance minister and vice chancellor since 2018, was otherwise occupied in Berlin.Eight days earlier, his Social Democratic Party had won national elections under his leadership, making him …
Read More »Indexes step into confusion zone after NFP data
Investors’ prevalent sentiment tends to be overwhelmed by hesitation and confusion which have become an inseparable part of the scene because the implications of the NFP jobs data announced Friday.The stock market was wavering on Friday after the September jobs report missed estimates, though the data were better than the …
Read More »U.S. oil drilling rigs up for fifth successive week
Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil climbed by five to 433 this week. That followed increases in each of last four weeks. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, also climbed by five to stand …
Read More »Weak job numbers are good news for gold
The job data announced Friday by the Labor Department imply more dollar-printing from the Federal Reserve until investors have a rethink.While America gained only 194,000 positions in September, upside revisions and silver linings such as temporary Delta-related halts changed the direction.As the expectation for Fed’s tapering has become lower, the …
Read More »U.S. Job Growth Slowest in 2021
U.S. job growth fell to the slowest pace of 2021 in September, as the Delta variant and a persistent shortage of workers restrained the ability of companies to hire or attract more workforce. The U. S. economy created 194,000 jobs in September, the smallest gain since December 2020 and down …
Read More »Wall Street shows no big panic at mixed jobs data
America added far fewer jobs in September than expected, but investors didn’t seem too disappointed. Stocks were flat Friday as Wall Street took to some comfort that the unemployment rate continues to drop after the pandemic-fueled spike last year.The Dow rose about 20 points, or 0.1%, shortly after the opening, …
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