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The US has gained 428,000 jobs and wages are up 5.5% year, roughly within expectations. Higher wages impact the kind of inflation that Fed can control. Faster rate hikes are firmly on the Fed’s agenda, benefiting the dollar. Job growth also looks healthy. Even when subtracting the downward revisions worth …

In a blog post on Medium, Minneapolis Fed President and traditionally dovish FOMC member Neel Kashkari argued that, given that long-term real rates have the greatest influence on the demand for credit, financial conditions are already nearly back to neutral levels. But Kashkari argued that the Fed still needs to …

The US economy added 428,000 jobs in April, according to the latest Non-farm Payrolls (NFP) report released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics on Friday. That was a little above the median economist forecast for a gain of 391,000 jobs, and exactly in line with the pace of jobs …

At $1,875, the gold price has been pressured and is trading not far from the lows of the day down at $1,872.54, losing some 0.34%. Gold fell from a high of $1,909.82 as the US dollar rebounded on Thursday, moving in on the 20-year highs reached last week, as per …

A few hours after the NFP release on Friday, gold investors could look to book profits toward the London fix, causing important assets, such as gold, to reverse direction after the initial reaction. Moreover, FOMC policymakers have clarified that they will focus on taming hot inflation, so they seem not …

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release non-farm payroll data and unemployment rate data for April on Friday. The current prevalent mixed concerns across financial markets could be linked to some sort of anxiety ahead of this week’s US Nonfarm Payrolls data.The US dollar rose slightly on …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday, with the increase in the yield on US Treasury bonds and an imminent hike in the interest rate, which negatively affected the demand for the precious metal. Spot gold prices fell 0.1% to $865.31 an ounce by 00:40 GMT. US gold futures fell 0.2% to …

According to the final version of the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment survey, the headline Consumer Sentiment Index for April came in at 65.2, a tad below the flash estimate released earlier in the month of 65.7. Consumer exuberance can translate into greater spending and faster economic growth, implying a …

Core PCE inflation fell a little more than expected in March, but the Employment Cost Index jumped in Q1. The latest Personal Income and Spending figures for March will instill confidence about the underlying strength of the US economy. Annual inflation in the US fell to 5.2% in March according …

The Dollar Index (DXY), a trade-weighted basket of major USD currency pairs, surpassed its 2017 highs to come within a whisker of hitting 104.00, its highest level since December 2002. This was primarily a result of a steep sell-off in the yen that launched USD/JPY to fresh multi-decade highs of …