We dedicate most of the show to British EU Referendum. It’s hard to exaggerate with the importance of the event. But we also touch on the Fed, with recent events due to have impact once the dust settles. You are welcome…
The recent meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee concluded – drum roll please – with no rate hike. Many had anticipated this result and it didn’t come off as a surprise especially considering the Brexit vote is next week…
The U.S. non-farm payroll disappointed again with a gain of only 38K jobs in May – the lowest level since September 2010 and way off market estimates: The ADP estimated a gain of 173K jobs and the market expect a…
The U.S. non-farm payroll presented a gain of only 160K jobs in April compared to the ADP’s anticipated increase of 156K jobs and market expectations of 203K. The growth in wages picked up again to 2.5% as wages increased by…
The latest U.S. non-farm payroll showed a slightly higher than expected headline figure: 215K jobs in March compared to the ADP’s anticipated a gain of 200K jobs and market expectations of 206K. The growth in wages inched up to 2.3%…
The Federal Reserve is starting to acclimate to the global economic woes and released a dovish statement – relative to the Fed of course – for the first time in months. The Fed didn’t change its policy and mostly addressed…
The labor isn’t progressing smoothly as indicated by the latest U.S. non-farm payroll: It showed a much higher than expected headline figure: 242K jobs were added in February. The ADP reported a gain of 214K jobs; the market anticipated 195K…
When Boris backs a Brexit, the whole world worries. After discussing the Brexit fears, we move to the Fed’s potential regret regarding rates and finish off with a dense preview of the week’s events. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide…
After presenting strong reports in the past several months, the U.S. non-farm payroll showed a lower than expected headline number: Only 151K jobs were added in January – the lowest gain since September. The ADP report estimated 205K jobs were…
The BEA published a slightly lower than expected GDP (first estimate) for Q4 2015: The growth rate was 0.7% – 0.1 pp below market expectations. In the third estimate the GDP growth rate was 2%. So the U.S. economy grew…