Tag: unemployment
O Wage Inflation, Where Art Thou?
The labor markets have been improving steadily since thÂe financial crisis. Some people would argue that the US is at or near full employment....
Federal Debt Likely To Keep Fed Tightening Cycle Shallow
Last week when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met, market participants were divided as to whether or not the Federal Reserve would raise...
The August Jobs Report: 8 Things You Need To Know
The August jobs report on Friday showed that 173k jobs were created, below the 210k that was expected. The good news is both June...
June Employment Report Soft: Here’s What To Watch
At 223,000 non-farm jobs, the June employment report was softer than expected. Plus, both April and May were revised lower. These are months in...
Are Unemployment Claims Nearing An Inflection Point?
The U.S. economy continues to churn out mixed messages.
The retail sales number on Wednesday was an outright dud. Sales in April were flat month-over-month,...
Is the Light of Positive Employment Data Pointing to a Safe...
Ahead of today's Employment Report (NFP), we took a look yesterday at the S&P 500's (SPX) performance on Fridays over the last year in...
A Field Guide to Unemployment Friday Stock Performance
Despite (or because of) the punishment stocks sustained Thursday, many traders, active investors and market observers seem relatively well-assured equity markets won't sustain anything...
The Elusive Fundamentals of NFP Friday
Even more so than Fed days (especially with Taper pace seemingly on autopilot), there's no market day anticipated so widely as NFP Friday.
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NFP Risk Off? Metals, US Treasuries, Yen On the Uptick
It's no secret that the much-maligned precious metals complex, belly-to-long end of the US Treasury yield curve and the carry trade-funding Japanese Yen have...
Heads Up: It’s NFP Friday!
By Andrew Kassen Welcome to Non-Farm Payroll (NFP; a.k.a. "the monthly unemployment data) Friday! Excluding Central Bank rate decisions and the occasional errant twitter...
