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Gold seems unable to benefit from the falling US Treasury. On the other hand, the US dollar recovered some ground, on the back of the Euro and Pound Sterling fall. On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve hiked rates by 25 bps and signaled it is about to end its cycle. …

There were 183,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending January 28, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 186,000 and came in better than the market expectation of 200,000. Further details of the publication …

The US labour productivity rose for the second consecutive quarter in 2022’s fourth quarter, although for the year as a whole productivity posted its biggest decline in nearly five decades.US nonfarm labour productivity which is a measure of goods and services produced in the US per hour worked, rose at …

The data published by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) showed on Wednesday that private sector employment in the US rose by 106,000 in January. This reading followed December’s growth of 253,000 (revised from 235,000) and missed the market expectation for an increase of 178,000 by a wide margin.

The Employment Cost Index report released on Tuesday had an unusual impact across almost all financial markets, particularly the US dollar that weakened following the index reading.Analysts pointed out that the reading is one more inflation-linked indicator that is seen as easing. While the report supports inflation moving back toward …

There were 186,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending January 21, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 192,000 (revised from 190,000) and came in better than the market expectation of 205,000. The publication …

There were 190,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending January 13, data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 205,000 and came in better than the market expectation of 214,000. Further details of the publication revealed that …

United Kingdom’s Unemployment Rate data mainly pushed the British Pound’s latest rally. The GBP/USD pair is in the hands of the bulls on the front side of an hourly trendline ahead of key Consumer Price Index inflation data scheduled for release on Wednesday.The GBP/USD bears are eying a break of …

US equities had a surprise reason for celebrating with the first day of the second trading week in the new year. So far, in 2023, Wall Street has swung from sadness to joy.US Stocks are enjoying a robust year beginning after 2022’s disappointing performance. Even though the Dow fell more …

The buoyancy of nonfarm payroll growth has seemed at probabilities with other signs that the jobs market is beginning to sour. As a result, we look for nonfarm payroll growth to decrease noticeably in the months ahead, starting with December’s employment report showing hiring slowing to 205,000. Demand for employees …