Gold and silver gained a bit more momentum as the political unease playing in the background and some economic data from the U.S. aren’t too impressive. The markets, however still place a high chance – around 80% — of a…
Market volatility made a very quick and short comeback last week on Wednesday following the political unrest in the U.S. This time, it was followed by the Comey memos about his meetings with President Trump that raised market concerns over…
The recent economic data pouring out of the U.S. including CPI and retail sales were soft enough to pause the downfall of bullion as the markets reassess the chances of a Fed rate hike in June. Nonetheless, both gold and…
The latest NFP report showed strong growth in jobs (211K vs. exp. of 194K) and modest decline in unemployment rate to a new low and yet wages are not picking up at a faster pace. This news, however, was still…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report was a mixed bag: 211K in jobs growth vs an estimated growth of 194K (The ADP estimated a gain of 177K jobs) in April; but the problem was that wage growth came at 2.5% in…
The bullion market has taken a beating last week as the risk-on mode has gained momentum following the relief from the tension over the French elections and relatively robust earnings in the U.S. But this week the focus will shift…
The first round of the French elections is over and now that it’s a head to head match between Macron and Le Pen the markets could refocus their attention on the ECB’s next move – at least until the second…
The recent CPI and retail sales reports, which were released on Friday when the markets were closed, may have brought in a new wave of dovishness to the markets: These reports – mostly the CPI that showed an unexpected drop…
The employment situation in the U.S. is still on solid ground with unemployment dipping to its lowest level in years; and even the broader unemployment rate (U6) measure has fallen to its lowest since December 2007. But the number of…
The U.S. non-farm payroll, missed estimates on jobs growth: 98K vs an estimated growth of 174K (The ADP estimated a gain of 263K jobs) in March; and wage growth came at 2.7% in annual terms – as expected. Unemployment rate…