During the Asian session, Japan will release critical economic reports, including the September Tokyo Consumer Price Index, August Unemployment Rate, Industrial Production, Retail Sales, and Housing Starts. Australia will release Private Sector Credit data, while Germany will release Retail Sales and the Unemployment Rate. The Eurozone CPI will be the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, September 21
The US Dollar Index finished marginally lower on Thursday after reaching 105.73, the highest level since March. The DXY pulled back during the American session amid a correction of the US Dollar and a pullback in US Treasury yields.Economic DataData from the US came in mixed, with a decline in …
Read More »Unemployment in Britain rose to 4.2% in the second quarter of 2023
The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the second quarter of 2023, the highest level since late 2021 and above market expectations and the previous level of 4%. This rise was supported by the number of unemployed persons for a period of up to 6 months. The rate of …
Read More »Fed’s Harker expects cutting rates sometime next year
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said on Tuesday that they will probably start lowering the policy rate sometime next year.The US Dollar Index retreated slightly from daily highs following the comments. As of writing, the index was still up 0.5% on the day at 102.54.Harker argued that they …
Read More »US dollar pressured post NFP data
The US dollar experienced renewed selling pressure after the July jobs report, which showed a 187,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics reported that Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose 187,000 in July, weaker than the market expectation of 200,000. The US Dollar Index recorded 101.807 …
Read More »Euro retreats on absence of momentous catalysts
The Euro is experiencing losses against the US dollar as the European session draws to a close. The EUR/USD pair slides back to the 1.0919 zone, at the time of writing, as the American currency advances further. The USD Index maintains a positive mood past 102.76. Spanish unemployment shrank by …
Read More »Unemployment rate in the eurozone is different from expectations and settles at 6.4%.
The unemployment rate in the euro area stabilized at 6.4%, contrary to expectations that it would rise to 6.5% in June, compared to 6.7% in the same period of 2022. The number of unemployed fell by 62,000 from the previous month to 10.814 million. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate, which …
Read More »GBP/USD drops amid strong US dollar
The GBP/USD pair dropped in early trading due to strong US dollar strength, driven by upbeat UK retail sales data. The recent UK inflation report repricing of the Bank of England’s interest rate expectations led to a 50% chance of a 50 bps rate hike projected by the swaps market. …
Read More »Canada’s Job Market Unexpectedly Shrinks in May, Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2%
Canada’s economy unexpectedly lost 17,300 jobs in May, following a gain of 41,400 in April, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Friday. The net change in employment missed the market expectation of a gain of 23,200 jobs for May. As a result, Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2% …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 25/05/2023
US data pointed to a resilient economy while progress on US debt ceiling talks remained elusive, helping Treasury yields higher and the US Dollar to score its highest level in over two months. Traders were wary of a possible default in early June while US President Joe Biden and top …
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