Here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of four major banks regarding NFP report. JP Morgan “We are looking for a 575K gain in jobs. Expect a drop in the US unemployment rate to 5%. The driver for an above-consensus forecast is the expected rebound in the leisure …
Read More »US September Nonfarm Payrolls Preview
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the September jobs report on October 8. Following a disappointing increase of 235,000 in August, investors expect Nonfarm Payrolls to rebound and rise by 488,000 in September. Will the US nonfarm payrolls report be the green signal for the Federal Reserve to …
Read More »U.S. Private-Sector Employment Rises by 568K in September
Employment in the US’ private sector rose by 568,000 in September, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute revealed on Wednesday. This reading came in stronger than the market expectation for an increase of 428,000. Meanwhile, August’s print got revised down to 340,000 from 374,000.
Read More »Positive reading on U. S. ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
U. S. ISM Manufacturing Employment Index is at a current level of 50.20, up from 49.00 last month and up from 49.60 one year ago. This is a change of 2.45% from last month and 1.21% from one year ago. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index shows business …
Read More »Fed’s George: We are forecasting in a bit of a fog
Kansas City Fed President Esther George said that the U.S. job market has already met the Federal Reserve’s benchmark test sufficiently to decrease its monthly bond purchasesزGeorge mentioned that the central bank should now turn to discussion of how its massive bondholdings may add complication to its eventual decision about …
Read More »CAD disappointed by poor employment data
GBP/CAD exchange rate was driven by movements in the Canadian Dollar linked to the rise of oil prices this morning, but CAD has since dell under pressure from disappointing employment data.The GBP/CAD pair has been traded at CAD 1.7475, unchanged from today’s opening level. The Canadian currency has obviously relinquished …
Read More »US Private Sector Employment rises by 374K in August
Employment in the US’ private sector increased by 374,000 in August, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed July’s increase of 326,000 (revised from 330,000) and missed the market expectation of 613,000 by a wide margin.
Read More »NFP Preview: Forecasts From Four Major Banks
The Nonfarm Payrolls report is expected to show an increase of 870,000 jobs in July. Here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of four major banks regarding NFP report. Deutsche Bank “We are forecasting that NFP will have risen by +1M in July, which would be the fastest …
Read More »US Private Sector Employment Rises by 330K in July
Employment in the US’ private sector increased by 330,000 in July, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed June’s increase of 680,000 and missed the market expectation of 695,000 by a wide margin.
Read More »US: Private Sector Employment Rises by 692K in June
Employment in the US’ private sector increased by 692,000 in June, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed May’s print of 886,000 (revised from 978,000) and surpassed the market expectation of 600,000.
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