US index futures have been climbing following the release of today’s North American employment reports with gains of 0.6% to 0.7%. The reports turned out to be significantly better than expected. Most importantly, both US average hourly earnings (4.6% vs
Please note that the Morning Minutes will not be issued on Monday, they should return on Tuesday December 6. Stocks and commodities have turned sharply downward in the last few minutes following the release of the monthly Nonfarm Payrolls report
Bouncing back from yesterday’s US index declines of 0.5% to 1.75%, US index futures are up 0.2%-0.5%. Investors have responded favorably to better than expected US nonfarm payrolls (261K vs street 200K, last month revised up to 315K from 263K)
Market activity, which had been quiet overnight, has sprung to life following the release of North American employment and wage numbers this morning. US nonfarm payrolls (263K vs street 250K vs previous 315K) and Canada employment (2.1.1K street +20K
With a long weekend in North America approaching, US markets have been trying to stabilize. Yesterday the Dow and the S&P snapped losing streaks with gains of 0.5% and 0.3% respectively. The NASDAQ, however, fell another 0.2% and the small
A stronger than expected US employment report has pushed the US 10-year treasury note yield back up above 3.0% this morning with investors apparently taking the news as a green light for the Fed and other central banks to continue
US index futures are in the red this morning with Dow futures down 0.5% and NASDAQ futures down 1.1%, giving back some of yesterday’s gains of 1.3% for the Dow and 2.7% for the NASDAQ. Overseas trading has been mixed
The prospect of monetary tightening at a time of rising inflation and weakening economic conditions remains front and center with investors today. After threatening for several days, the US 10-year treasury note yield has decisively broken out over 3.00% this
US nonfarm payrolls increased by 431K last month which was less than the 490K the street had expected, but the shortfall was more than offset and explained by an upward revision to February payroll growth to 750K from 678K. Average