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Amid the growing trade tensions, the week ahead will offer investors a glimpse into the incoming economic data from the United States and China. The data is crucial as it comes a week ahead of the Fed meeting later in June. A busy week…
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The latest monthly jobs report from Australia saw the unemployment rate rising unexpectedly to 5.2%. Economists had forecast that the unemployment rate would fall to 5.0%. Revisions to March’s report saw the unemployment rate being revised…
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The monthly retail sales report will be released today. The official data from the US Census Bureau is forecast to show that consumer spending in retail could slow in April. This comes after retail sales rose the most in two years in…
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In the upcoming Asian session, we have the release of labor statistics from Australia. This includes the unemployment rate and employment change. The release of the RBA minutes earlier in the week took a decidedly dovish turn. Following…
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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 monthly labor market report from the UK showed that the number of people who were working in the UK rose to a record high of 32.6 million in the three months ending December 2018. The unemployment levels remained little changed, with…
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When it comes to interpreting the impact of employment data on the currency markets, conventional wisdom is pretty simple. Higher unemployment is an indication of economic weakness, thus the currency responds accordingly. Lower…
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One of the more complex data sets to analyze is unemployment data. It seems quite easy to understand on the surface, but it is often the data release that tends to perplex analysts most. It's not just that the market seems to go in the…
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The latest jobs report from the United States showed that while the pace of hiring slowed in November, wage growth increased to the highest level in a decade as the unemployment rate held steady. The data underlined the fact that the…
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The recent GDP numbers from Canada showed that the nation’s gross domestic product expanded for a seventh consecutive month in August. This marked the longest stretch of economic expansion in more than a year. Despite the increase in the…
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