01 December 2022 Pandemic Market Rally Created "Excess Retirees" and Inflation Risk, Fed Says

Pandemic period gains for stock markets and the resulting windfalls for investors have been cited by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell for a sharp increase in retirements that is lifting…

Read more →
05 August 2022 Japanese Yen Bruised by Dollar Rally after Jobs Bonanza Revives U.S. Bond Yields

The Japanese Yen tumbled across the board ahead of the weekend after show stopping employment and wage figures appeared to bait an already hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) and shocked U.S. government …

Read more →
08 July 2022 Euro-Dollar Struggles Near Parity as USD Follows Payrolls Higher

The Euro narrowly avoided a brush with the psychologically significant level of parity against the Dollar in the final session of the week but was last seen struggling to fend off an advancing gree…

Read more →
03 June 2022 Hawkish Fed and U.S. Data a Headwind for Pound to Dollar Rate's Recovery

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate rebounded from earlier losses late this week but was hampered again in thin holiday trade on Friday after the May non-farm payrolls and Services PMI reports offere…

Read more →
06 May 2022 U.S. Dollar Struggles with Bearish Connotations in April Payrolls Report 

The U.S. Dollar Index stalled as other currencies in the barometer found support following a non-farm payrolls report that showed the employment recovery continuing while wage growth moderated in A…

Read more →
01 April 2022 Japanese Yen Slides Again as USD/JPY Resets Sights on 125

The Japanese Yen tumbled during the final session of the week when the Dollar rose sharply alongside interest rate differentials and as stock markets advanced broadly amid an evident improvement in…

Read more →
04 June 2021 U.S. Dollar Falls against Pound and Euro in Wake of Another Disappointing Jobs Report

\The U.S. Dollar retreated against the Euro, Pound and other major currencies following the release of a softer-than-expected set of labour market statistics out of the United States.

Read more →
04 June 2021 Euro-Dollar Rate Today: Jobs Report Could Expose 1.2040

The Dollar holds gains ahead of the Friday release of U.S. jobs data which is likely to be the most important economic reading of some time, with analysts warning that disappointment could lead to …

Read more →
05 March 2021 Dollar Strength Abates after Payrolls, Trade Deficit Surge in Latest Data  

The Dollar remained an outperformer among major currencies on Friday although its strength was abating after February non-farm payrolls report revealed a sharp increase in new jobs last month, arou…

Read more →
08 January 2021 Dollar Reverses Lower after Coronavirus Scuttles Job Market at Year-end 

The Dollar Index reversed lower Friday while other currencies were lifted by default when non-farm payrolls figures showed the U.S. job market cracking around year-end and after a period when coron…

Read more →
06 November 2020 U.S. Job Market Defies Expectations but Political Uncertainty, Coronavirus Loom Over Outlook

The U.S.labour market defied expectations on Friday when Bureau of Labor Statistics data revealed further job gains that helped push the unemployment rate a full percentage point lower in October, …

Read more →
07 August 2020 U.S. Dollar Perky Ahead of Non-farm Payrolls, but only a Dire Reading will Overturn the Broader Downtrend

The release of U.S. non-farm payroll data is the highlight of the day with foreign exchange markets likely to pay particular attention to this month's reading to get a steer as to whether the recov…

Read more →
02 July 2020 Dollar Losses Ease On Profit-taking after Payrolls Data Surprises Again

Dollar losses eased Thursday after the U.S. non-farm payrolls report again surpassed market expectations, with job gains stoking already upbeat sentiment in a buoyant market for risk assets but cur…

Read more →
03 May 2019 Jobs Blowout Should Keep the U.S. Dollar Going Higher

The Dollar pared earlier gains Friday after a blowout nonfarm payrolls number for April failed to distract investors from a 'mixed message' contained in the detail of the employment report, which t…

Read more →
01 February 2019 Pound-to-Dollar Whipsaws on Data Deluge: Wages Disappoint but ISM Manufacturing Suggests Strong Start to 2019 for U.S. Economy

The U.S. Dollar caught a bid late in the final session of the week even after January's labour market report delivered a surprise fall in wage growth, an increase in unemployment and a downgrade to…

Read more →
07 December 2018 The U.S. Dollar Hits the Deck after Nonfarm Payrolls Slide in November and Wage Growth Disappoints

The U.S. Dollar slumped Friday after November's eagerly-awaited nonfarm payrolls number surprised on the downside and after the report showed wage growth also declining during the recent month.

Read more →
02 November 2018 U.S. Dollar Erases Losses after Jobs and Wage Growth Comes Back with a Bang in October

The Dollar pared losses Friday after official data revealed a stronger-than-anticipated increase in the number of jobs created by the economy during October, and a healthy pick-up in the rate of wa…

Read more →
05 October 2018 U.S. Dollar Spikes Higher after Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest since 1969

The Dollar strengthened Friday after official data showed the U.S. unemployment rate declining to a new multi-decade low while wages continue to grow at a healthy clip in September, which is signif…

Read more →
07 September 2018 US Dollar Advances after August Payrolls and Wages Place Federal Reserve Under Spotlight

The Dollar edged rose broadly Friday as traders responded to a better-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report for August, and a surprisingly strong set of wage numbers, while markets wait with b…

Read more →
03 August 2018 Dollar Hits Skids after Payrolls Miss Spot and China Retaliates against Latest "Trade War" Tariffs

The Dollar reversed course and slid lower Friday after official data showed US jobs growth surprising on the downside during July and as China retaliated against the latest salvo in Presi…

Read more →