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Good, Bad and the Ugly
July 8, 2016
June saw a much greater-than-expected recovery in U.S. jobs growth. Non-farm payroll employment leaped 287K in June after a slightly downwardly revised 11K increase in May. Jobs grew 147K per month in the second quarter, and the unemployment rate slipped from 5.0% in March to 4.9% in June while touching a 4.7% low for the […] More
Several Countries Report Industrial Production and EU Commission Turns Down Greek Debt Proposal
June 10, 2015
The dollar recorded overnight losses of 0.9% against the yen, 0.6% versus the Australian and New Zealand dollars, 0.5% vis-a-vis the loonie, 0.4% relative to sterling and 0.1% against the Swiss franc. The Chinese yuan was steady, and the dollar edged up 0.1% against the euro. Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda called the yen weak […] More
