Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, said on Thursday that the Fed is open to the possibility that maximum employment might be fewer jobs than before. Additional Comments:“Understanding what maximum employment is in the current environment will take some time.”“My interest rate path is to go …
Read More »Erdogan To Boost Employment By Lower Interest Rates
Speaking on State TV in Turkey on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that he will boost investment, employment, growth and production by lowering interest rates.Interest rates are the cause and inflation is the result, he continued, adding that he thinks economic growth in 2021 will be about 10%. Hopefully …
Read More »November Employment Expected To Increase By 600K
The November US employment report will be released on the first Friday of December. At the moment, analysts at Wells Fargo expect an increase in jobs of around 600.000. Total nonfarm payrolls increased by 531K during October, a gain that was well ahead of expectations. The net revisions to the …
Read More »US Shares Retreat From Highs
US Shares turned lower in morning trading despite strong earnings from Macy’s and Kohl’s and despite unemployment data that showed the labor market is continuing to recover.Stocks have been shaken since midday trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on …
Read More »October’s NZ Manufacturing PMI Surges
New Zealand’s key sub-indices of production; namely Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector (rose to 54.0) from prior reading at 51.4 and New Orders (53.9) were both in positive territory for the first time since July. Deliveries (59.9) led the way towards catching up on the economic activity, …
Read More »Fed’s Chair Considers Benefits of Max Employment
The U.S. Federal Reserve looks at a wide range of indicators trying to extract as much observations as possible on how close the economy is to reach full employment. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank will look beyond headline numbers to determine when it has …
Read More »Wall Street Shares Surge After Solid NFP Report
Stocks broadly surged on Friday afternoon trading on Wall Street as investors and traders welcomed news of rebounding hiring by U.S. employers throughout October.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 225 points, or 0.6%, to 36,347 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%, whereas S&P 500 rose 0.6%. More than 80% of stocks …
Read More »NFP Preview: Forecasts From Four Major Banks
NFP is set to be released on Friday, November 5 at 12:30 GMT. here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of four major banks regarding the upcoming employment data SocGen “In our forecast for a 520K job increase in October, the first consideration is a neutral contribution from …
Read More »U.S. Private Sector Employment Rises in October
Employment in the US’ private sector rose by 571,000 in October, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute showed on Wednesday. This reading followed September’s print of 523,000 and was better than the market expectation of 400,000. Gold is now recording 1,785.47, down 0.13%, while …
Read More »How will Wednesday Fed’s Meeting Impact the markets?
Wednesday will bring decisions of the Fed’s November meeting to the financial markets, and Friday will bring Non-farm Payrolls, so financial markets rre amid some heavy drivers for the USD.It is expected that this is the rate decision at which the Fed will announce their intentions to begin tapering asset …
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