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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
