The US session was dominated by an outstanding performance of the Nonfarm Payrollsdata where 257k new jobs were created in January in a month that has historically disappointed the consensus...
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NZD/USD is currently trading at 0.7357 with a high of 0.7477 and a low of 0.7333. NZD/USD has been set back a step on the back of the Nonfarm Payrolls report from the US today, and has the greenback trading back on the front foot, reminding markets who is the boss...
Analysts at Rabobank explained that over the past few weeks Greece has re-asserted itself both as a source of headlines and a potential negative factor for the EUR...
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Analysts at BNP Paribas gave a snapshot of global macro economies. Key Quotes: EZ: The European Commission revises upwards its growth forecasts. The Spanish economy recovers. US: GDP growth slowed markedly in Q4 2014. Nonetheless the underlying trend remains robust...
Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet, noted the spike in USD/JPY following the spectacular Nonfarm Payrolls numbers. Key Quotes: "The USD/JPY had a strong comeback following US Non Farm Payrolls release, surging over 170 pips in a couple of hours, flirting now with the 119.00 level...
Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser said today that a strong labor market and an improving US economy is making it more difficult for the US economy to justify not raising interest rates. Mr...
Rob Carnell, analyst at ING Bank noted the strong performances of the US jobs market. Key Quotes: "Bond markets for once have a reason to sell off, and this should provide further support for our strong dollar call. Equities may regard this result with mixed feelings...
The eFXnews Team shares Barclays’ view for the US NFP and wages data release today. Key Quotes “We expect another solid outcome with headline NFP of 250K and one-tenth decline in the unemployment rate to 5.5...
The USD encountered a sell-off for the second time this week as economic data released yesterday from the United States provided further indications to traders that the Federal Reserve will remain in no hurry at all to raise US interest rates...
According to Strategist at Deutsche Bank George Saravelos, the Eurogroup could end up offering Greece a third programme. Key Quotes “We estimate that Greek bank funding at the ECB financing windows currently runs between 70-80bn EUR, of which approximately 30bn relies on AAA EFSF-based collateral...
The Danske Bank Research Team previews today’s US employment data release, and further predict a strong job growth and rebound in wages to lead Fed to begin its policy normalisation this year...
According to Valeria Bednarik, Chief Analyst at FXStreet, a strong US NFP print might trigger a decline in GBP/USD, but chances of a strong recovery are high if the pair sustains above 1.5250. Key Quotes “The GBP/USD pair holds to its latest gains, consolidating above the 1...
A 230K rise in U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) accompanied by faster wage growth may heighten the appeal of the greenback and spur a short-term selloff in EUR/USD as it boosts expectations of seeing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) normalize monetary policy in mid-2015...
The KBC Bank Research Teamviews that with consensus remaining optimistic for the NFP print, and the recent US data coming out mixed, a slight disappointment may be felt from today’s payrolls data. Key Quotes “The consensus expects employment growth at 230.000 (from 252.0000...
James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, comments that with the BoE already warning of upside risks to medium-term inflation, we suspect there will be a relatively hawkish tone in next week’s BoE’s inflation report...
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