Headline ISM Service PMI rose to 69.1 in November. The new reading has marked a record-high going back to 1997 when the survey began. The Institute of Supply Management’s headline Services PMI index rose to a fresh record high at 69.1 in November versus forecasts for a modest fall to …
Read More »USD/CAD Collapses On US NFP Data
US Nonfarm payrolls report rose by 210000, lower than the expected 550000. Canadian Employment Change increased 5 times as many as estimations while the Unemployment Rate has fallen.USD/CAD threatens to break the 200-hour SMA, that once breached, would send the pair dipping towards 1.2700.During the New York session, the USD/CAD …
Read More »US Total Auto Sales Down in November, EVs Bloom
Narrow inventories pushed sales of new vehicles down as Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Hyundai and Kia all reported their sales dropped during November despite anticipated strong demand. Kia reported a drop in sales for November; however, its total sales through the first 11 months of 2021 surpassed the sales record the …
Read More »Powell: We Need To Abandon The Word ‘Transitory’
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently testifying before the House Financial Services Committee alongside US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. More Wednesday’s Quotes:“We need to move on from the word transitory.”“The risks of higher inflation have moved up.”“Demand is very, very strong from fiscal policy and a quickly rebounding economy.”“The economy …
Read More »US Manufacturing PMI Rises In November
According to a survey compiled by the Institute of Supply Management, released Wednesday, US Manufacturing PMI rose to 61.1 in November from 60.8 in October. That was slightly above the expected reading of 61.0 and above October’s reading at 60.8. The employment index rose to 53.3 from 52.0, the new …
Read More »Gap Between US Job Market, Recovery Getting Wider
While wider optimism has spread believing the job market is getting better, a lot of US citizens believe the actual economy s getting worse and worse.Claims for unemployment benefits retreated to lowest point since 1969 the week before Thanksgiving in an amazing rebound from the levels earlier during the Covid-19 …
Read More »Powell, Yellen Testify Before Senate
Everybody’s baseline forecast will now be for the Fed to accelerate the tapering of its bond purchases at the Dec. 15 meeting.Economics late yesterday predicted that the Fed would double the pace of acceleration, to $30 billion a month starting in January. That would wrap up the Fed’s QE by …
Read More »Powell: Inflation will linger well into next year
US Fed Chair Jerome Powell, in testimony prepared for delivery Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee, and released Monday by the Fed, said that he continues to expect high inflation to recede over the next year as supply and demand come into better balance, but warned that prices could continue …
Read More »Virus Variant Impacts T-Yields, USD
On Friday, US Treasury yields experienced sharpest drop since the pandemic began as investors rushed toward safe haven assets following the emergence of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa.The two-year Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, was down 14.2 basis points at 0.502, the …
Read More »US Consumer Sentiment Slides in November
Consumer sentiment in the United States stayed at decade-low levels in November as spiking inflation soured households’ views on both their own finances and the economy nationwide according to a survey conducted by the University of Michigan released Wednesday. The final reading of the index of consumer sentiment came in …
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