posted by
FXTimes
129 days ago
in AUD, Fundamental, Employment
As we move through the early part of 2012 one of the key themes will be whether the RBA follows up the interest-rate cuts from the 4Q of 2011 with further rate cuts in the first half of this year. If there is another soft month of job growth - fl
posted by
forexalliancecom
129 days ago
in GBP, Special, Employment
Gains in pound sterling were relatively muted earlier in the session following a worse than anticipated unemployment report by the Office for National Statistics. Survey findings helped the British pound to remain well under the pivotal 1.5400 p
posted by
FXTimes
130 days ago
in GBP, Fundamental, Employment
The claimant count change – the number of Britons claiming unemployment benefits after losing their jobs – is expected to rise by 7.0K in December, following a 3.0K climb in November. That would tell us that the labor market situation in the UK c
posted by
forexalliancecom
135 days ago
in USD, Special, Employment
According to US Labor Department figures, the number of first time claimers of unemployment benefits rose in the week of January 7th. The recent report bucks a string of positive weekly announcements - all falling below the pivotal 400,000 level
posted by
lchammer
135 days ago
in USD, EUR, Employment
Today, January 12th, the U.S. jobless claims weekly report was published; the report showed an increase in initial claims of 24,000 for the week ending on January 7th; the total initial claims reached 399,000 claims (seasonally adjusted data); th
posted by
FXTimes
135 days ago
in Fundamental, Retail Sales, Employment
Today's US retail sales and jobless claims data was a key indication that the recent narrative that the US economy's recovery is gaining momentum is likely over. Instead the momentum may now be reversing and the idea that the US can "decouple" fr
posted by
forexpromos
139 days ago
in USD, Special, Employment
US December non-farm payrolls exceeded expectations (200,000, cons: 155.000; private 212,000, cons: 178,000) and many facets of the report were quite good including sharp increases in the diffusion indices suggesting a broadening of job creation
posted by
liorcohen
141 days ago
in USD, Gold, Employment
The U.S. labor force sharply grew again during December: according to the recent U.S. employment report, which was published today, January 6th by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of non-farm employees grew by 200,000
posted by
FXTimes
141 days ago
in USD, Fundamental, Employment
The December nonfarm payroll report came in stronger-than-expected posting a 200K increase beating expectations of a 155K rise, and the unemployment rate declined to 8.5%.The interesting implication here is that because this report likely knocks
posted by
FXTimes
141 days ago
in CAD, Fundamental, Employment
The labor market in Canada saw some positive growth in December with the economy adding 17.5K jobs, nearly matching the consensus forecast of 17.8K. However in a negative development the unemployment rate rose to 7.5% from 7.4%, which caught econ
posted by
bocrunch
142 days ago
in USD, Daily, Employment
Today, Thursday, January 5th produces 4 new trading events. These events provide excellent trading opportunities for binary options traders. The U.S. Unemployment Claims at 13:30 is an important event on the U.S. Dollar.
posted by
Boston4X
149 days ago
in EUR, Sentiment, Employment
The SPX 500 sits about 5 points higher (as of 8:40am EST) than Wednesdays close on the S&P 500