NFP

Economic data from the United States continues with the release of the producer prices index and the weekly jobless claims tomorrow. Producer prices, seen as a leading indicator to gauge inflation, grew at a slower pace in February. But…
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The European Central Bank will be releasing its monetary policy meeting accounts today. The minutes cover the monetary policy meeting held in early March. Back then, policymakers in the eurozone decided to leave all key interest rates…
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The markets are heading into a busy second half of the week with still a lot of data due to come over. Today, the non-manufacturing PMI report from the Institute of Supply Management will be coming out. This is followed up by the ADP…
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The big macroeconomic event for the week is coming up with the release of February US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) at 08:30 EST (or 14:30 CET). The release comes with a host of other data besides employment figures and has a habit of…
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Coming up this week, we have a series of data releases relating to the US housing situation.  However, these might be a bit overshadowed considering the all-important NFP release coming up at the end of the week. We've discussed…
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The latest monthly jobs report from the United States showed that the economy posted a steady pace of job growth during January. The data comes despite the U.S. government shutdown. Data from the U.S. Labor Department showed that the…
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We have the much anticipated US January Non-Farm Payrolls coming up on Friday at 08:30 EST (14:30 CET), which will be arriving along with a lot of other important data.  Unlike other economic releases, NFP has not been affected by the…
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The economic calendar this week is expected to be relatively quiet, save for the Brexit parliamentary vote. This marks a second scheduled parliamentary vote after the initial vote was canceled in December. The Fed Chair, Jerome Powell…
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The U.S. non-farm payrolls report came out on Friday last week and it covered December. Data showed that U.S. employers added jobs in December at the fastest pace since February 2018 along with an increase in wage growth. The data…
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