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Bracing for U.S. Labor Market Data that Are Feared Likely to Be Too Strong

July 7, 2023

The ADP estimate that private U.S. jobs leaped around half a million in June cemented fears that today’s Labor Department employment situation report will leave the Fed no choice but to continue tightening, and more aggressively than rhetoric from officials have implied. Just minutes before the data’s release on Friday, U.S. share prices were modestly […] More

Markets Unfazed So Far by Likelihood of a Big Republican Win in Today’s U.S. Midterm Election

November 8, 2022

The dollar strengthened overnight by 0.3% on a weighted basis. It went up 0.2% versus the Aussie dollar 0.3% against the euro, Swiss franc, Chinese yuan, New Zealand dollar and sterling and rose 0.7% relative to the Canadian dollar. There was also a 0.1% dip against the Japanese yen. The ten-year Treasury yield remains unchanged […] More

Case Keeps Rising for Early Rise in Fed’s Interest Rate

January 7, 2022

The case is growing for an FOMC rate hike in March. From a monetary policy standpoint, Fed officials are expected to pay more attention to faster-than-expected wage growth and lower-than-forecast unemployment last month than to December’s 199k rise in jobs, which was only half as much as predicted. For one thing, employment growth in October-November […] More

Dollar and Equity Markets Extend Recoveries

December 7, 2021

Identified Covid cases in America are zeroing in on the 50 million level since the start of the pandemic, including almost 119k cases yesterday. But there has been a sense of relief in the absence so far of evidence that the Omicron Variant will be associated with higher rates of hospitalization or deaths. Investors are […] More

Marking Time Ahead of U.S. Monthly Jobs Report

June 4, 2021

Financial markets were marking time overnight. The dollar was virtually unchanged but at multi-week highs, with no net movement against its DXY weighted index, a dip of 0.2% versus the yen and a 0.1% uptick relative to the euro. The price of gold was flat, while that of WTI oil had firmed merely 0.2%. U.S. […] More

Persistent Inflation Concerns Upsetting Equity Markets and Dollar to Lesser Extent

May 11, 2021

A sampling of Asian stock markets suffered loses Tuesday of 3.8% in Taiwan, 3.1% in Japan, 2.0% in Hong Kong, and 1.2% in Singapore and South Korea. Australia’s market fell 1.1%, and in Europe, markets are down currently by between 1.4% and 2.3% in Switzerland, Spain, Italy, France, the U.K. and Germany. Technology stocks have […] More

Risk Aversion Rekindled by Downbeat Economic Forecast and Data as Well as Covid-19’s Relentless Spread

July 7, 2020

Major stock markets in Europe show losses so far today of 1.2% in the U.K. and Germany and 1.0% in France and Spain. Equities closed down 1.4% in Hong Kong, 1.1% in South Korea and Singapore, and 0.4% in Japan. U.S. futures suggest that at least half of Monday’s strong rise in equity prices will […] More

Bigger Risk Appetite of Monday Continues

April 7, 2020

Share prices in Asia closed up 9.0% in India, 4.1% in Singapore, 2.1% in China and Hong Kong, 2.0% in Japan and 1.8% in South Korea and Taiwan. Equity markets so far in Europe show additional gains today of 4.3% in Italy, 4.0% in Germany, 3.1% in France, 3.5% in Spain and 3.0% in the […] More

Markets Turning Increasingly Disorderly

March 6, 2020

Share prices are down over 3.0% in the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland even though a decent U.S. labor market report is anticipated. Equity markets in the Pacific Rim closed down 2.7% in Japan, 2.8% in Australia, 2.5% in Indonesia, 2.3% in India, 2.2% in South Korea, 2.0% in New Zealand and 1.9% […] More

Many Industrial Production Reports as Well as U.S. Jobs Day

January 10, 2020

Markets marked time ahead of the U.S. December labor market statistics. The dollar didn’t react much afterward, either. As of 08:10 EST, the dollar was up 0.2% against the Swiss franc and 0.1% relative to the euro and yen. The greenback was unchanged vis-a-vis the loonie and kiwi but down by 0.3% against the peso […] More

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