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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

Dollar braces for data-heavy week

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Chinese stocks paved the way higher for Asian shares on Tuesday as optimism from China’s measures to cut stamp duty boosted risk appetite. European

29th August 2023

Markets/World

NFP report disappoints markets

By Naeem Aslam The US jobs number failed to bring a massive surprise on either side. Non-farm payrolls rose by 187,000 in July, falling short of the market expectation of 200,000 and

4th August 2023

Markets/World

NFP on traders’ radar, Gold set for more losses

By Naeem Aslam The most important day of the month is here: the US non-farm payrolls. This particular data set has the ability to not only dictate the trading tone for the

4th August 2023

Markets/World

Risk aversion returns on US downgrade by Fitch

By Edward Moya US stocks are getting hit with a one-two punch on the Fitch US sovereign downgrade overnight and expectations the US Treasury will continue to boost the size of their

2nd August 2023

Markets/World

Gloominess persists after robust jobs report

By Edward Moya Robust hiring in the U.S. in May pretty much guarantees the Federal Reserve will move forward with a couple of half-point rate hikes at the next two meetings. US

3rd June 2022

Markets/World

Cautiously higher after strong US jobs report

By Craig Erlam Equity markets nudged higher at the end of the week after suffering losses on Thursday earlier, as the consolidation phase continues. This continues to be a very headline-driven market

2nd April 2022

Markets/World

US adds 678,000 jobs in February amid pandemic recovery

By Heather Scott The US economy saw a hiring surge in February, pushing the jobless rate closer to its pre-pandemic level as hard-hit sectors recover from the impact of Covid-19. American employers

5th March 2022

Markets/World

Oil climbs ahead of OPEC+ meeting

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM OPEC and its allies will be under the spotlight on Thursday as they discuss their oil production plans for the next few months. Markets

1st July 2021

Markets/World

Markets cautious ahead of holiday-shortened week

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian shares turned mixed on Monday while US equity futures slipped, despite Wall Street ending Friday on a strong note. Investors seem to have

29th March 2021

Markets/World