NFP jobs report Archives - Financial Mirror

Not a jobs report for optimists

By Craig Erlam There’s been a lot of talk this week whether investors have become too optimistic about interest rate cuts next year and Friday’s jobs report may have brought some crashing

8th December 2023

Markets/World

Positive US data ahead of NFP, BoC holds

By Craig Erlam US stocks were off to a decent start again on Wednesday, buoyed by data that pointed to further weakness in the jobs market and additional disinflationary pressures. There’s no

7th December 2023

Markets/World

Markets mixed on China downgrade, NFP in focus

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM European stocks were a mixed bag on Tuesday as investors digested a cut in China’s credit rating to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ by Moody’s amid

5th December 2023

Markets/World

Rally running on fumes after Fed and NFP boost

By Craig Erlam It was a relatively subdued start to trading on Monday and the US saw a similar open, with stock markets struggling to maintain the momentum from the second half

6th November 2023

Markets/World

Jobs report favours Fed, PMIs indicate slowing services

By Craig Erlam The Federal Reserve could not have hoped for a better NFP jobs report on Friday, but it will need to be one of a number of positive economic reports

3rd November 2023

Markets/World

Fed seeks evidence of cooling labour market

By Craig Erlam Equity markets edged higher in the run up to the US jobs report on Friday, a release that could set the tone in the markets ahead of next month’s

6th October 2023

Markets/World

Markets bounce ahead of US NFP

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian shares staged a rebound on Thursday following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight as plunging oil prices and weak US jobs

5th October 2023

Markets/World

Yen not far from recent lows despite intervention talk

By Craig Erlam It’s been a wild couple of days in financial markets from a potential FX intervention to interest rate decisions and vast amounts of economic data, not to mention a

5th October 2023

Markets/World

Great week for Fed on strong US jobs data

By Craig Erlam If you’re a Federal Reserve official, you’ll find it hard not to be very pleased with the way this week’s gone from a labour market data perspective. The JOLTS

1st September 2023

Markets/World

US data highlights weakness in economy

By Craig Erlam The recovery in equity markets stalled on Wednesday as traders eyed the big economic releases in the week. The ADP and revised GDP numbers may attract some attention, but

31st August 2023

Markets/World