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The unemployment rate in the eurozone declined marginally in November, that is, before the start of the Omicron outbreak, which caused lockdowns in a number of countries on the continent, due to its rapid spread. And data from the statistics agency Eurostat revealed on Monday that the unemployment rate fell …

Markets are awaiting the release of US employment data during December at 13:30 GMT. This data will be necessary given its strong impact on the dollar and the currency market movements. Markets expect to add 400,000 jobs in December, compared to 210,000 jobs previously recorded. Expectations also indicate a decline …

The financial markets’ traditionally favorite US economic statistic has been dethroned, and new classes of data became of higher importance. For the next several quarters, the main role of Nonfarm Payrolls will be to support, reinforce and confirm the Federal Reserve’s new policy which is highly sensitive to inflation. Short …

The USD/CAD pair has traded indecisively on Wednesday and is one of the worst G10 performers despite higher oil prices.A hot US ADP report and mixed Canadian housing data was ignored, with markets focused on the Fed’s December meeting minutes.USD/CAD has traded hesitantly within a relatively thin 1.2700-1.2750 range, roughly …

The US Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its December policy meeting on Wednesday, January 5, at 1900 GMT and investors will look for clues into the rate future. Investors will finally get to know the likely timing of the Fed’s first rate hike with the release of last …

The first week of 2022 will have a busy schedule for economic data. In the US and Canada, employment numbers and ISM figures are due. The Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its latest meeting. Economists expect a net job creation of 30000 in Canada during December and NFP …

The US Federal Reserve will announce monetary policy decisions and release the updated Summary on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by analysts and researchers of 5 major banks. TDS “The taper pace will likely be doubled to …

White House economist believes that inflation is falling by about half and admits that the pandemic has challenged economic forecasting as the Federal Reserve targets inflation at 2%. Existing vaccine protections should help the United States to largely power through the emergence of the omicron coronavirus variant and avoid additional …

St Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Friday said that he expects an upwards revision to the November NFP number, as this is a tight labour market. The US economy will be below 4% unemployment by Q1 2022, he added. Additional Comments:“Sticking with forecast for two rate hikes in …

The EUR/USD pair considerably fell Friday, dropping below the 1.13 level as coronavirus infections in Europe are getting worse every day. Rising inflation combined with a deteriorating pandemic and ultra-dovish ECB policy, in terms of tapering stimulus are among multi factors leading to a lockdown inflation spiral, eventually getting out …