Despite the relatively good NFP report – at least in terms of unemployment and jobs growth – gold and silver bounced back on Friday after mostly falling throughout last week. Moving forward, the focus in the markets will shift to…
The NFP report didn’t cause too many waves as it was only slightly higher than anticipated and came after the ECB’s rate cut, which didn’t meet market estimates, and Yellen’s testimony that reaffirmed market expectations for a December hike. So…
The NFP report was better than expected with a gain of 271K jobs and growth in wages of 2.5%. This report rekindled the belief of a possible rate hike by the Fed in December. On this week’s agenda: U.S. JOLTS,…
The minutes of the FOMC didn’t offer much news and left the market guessing as to the timing of the Fed’s rate hike. On this week’s agenda we have the U.S. JOLTS, BOJ’s minutes of last meeting, EU CPI, U.S.…
Following the stronger than expected U.S. GDP report, the non-farm payroll came short of market expectations with 173,000 jobs – 47,000 jobs lower than anticipated. This news reduced but didn’t eliminate the chances of the Federal Reserve raising rates in…
Major commodities including gold, silver and crude oil resumed their downward trend, while the U.S. gained some of its losses back from earlier this month. This week the main events will revolve around the before last FOMC meeting for the…