(eToro Blog) Wall Street rallied on the U.S. Non Farm Payrolls report which showed that 243K jobs were created in the month of January. The unemployment rate dropped to lowest level in 3 years at 8.3%. The data beat analyst expectations and boosted U.S. Dollar bulls and stock markets. The December data was also revised [...]
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U.S. Labor Data Beats Forecasts, Unemployment Rate Falls Again
(eToro Blog)The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier that January’s non-farms payroll data showed the creation of 243,000 new jobs. Analysts polled ahead of the release were forecasting an increase of only 150,000 new jobs. December’s data was revised to 203,000 new jobs. Notably, the unemployment rate fell again, this time to 8.3%, even [...]
OpenBook Traders Jockey for Position as NFP Looms
(eToro Blog) The U.S. government will later today release data for January’s non-farms payroll sector. The ADP report released on Wednesday showed that 170,000 new jobs were created against expectations of 185,000 and a marked decline from 325,000 in December. Given that, analysts are expecting that the Bureau of Labor’s official data will show an [...]
