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Having established the farcical nature of wage interpretations on the shortest time scale, a wider contextual framework leads in the same direction of doubt. The point of any interest rate hike for...

DOW + 62 = 17,006SPX + 6 = 1999NAS + 9 = 471710 Y + .05 = 1.88%OIL + 1.24 = 35.81GOLD – 4.30 = 1260.60The US economy added 242,000 new jobs in February, almost 50,000 more than estimates. The...

The optics of the US jobs report was better than the details, which is the exact opposite of the January employment report. The US dollar strengthened on the news.The US created 242k jobs in February....

1) China’s central bank announced a 0.5% cut in the required reserve ratio2) Moody's cut the outlook on China's Aa3 rating to negative from stable3) Argentina and the main holdouts agreed to a...

Webster defines a linchpin as “a person or thing that holds something together: the most important part of a complex situation or system”. In global economics, there's always a critical...

In our view, the mix of strong jobs growth, modest wage inflation and rising labour force participation is perfect for risk markets . Rising labour force participation and continued modest wage...

On Thursday, we expect the ECB to cut the deposit rate by 10bp to -0.4%, to introduce a two-tier deposit rate system aimed at reducing the cost to the banking sector and signalling the deposit rate...

The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in January as a strong dollar and weak global demand helped to push exports to a more than five-and-a-half-year low, suggesting trade will continue to...

American companies added 230,000 workers to payrolls in February, a solid improvement over the upwardly revised 182,000 gain for January (based on seasonally adjusted data). Today’s update from...

Employers added more workers in February than projected but wages unexpectedly declined, dashing hopes that reduced slack in the labor market was starting to benefit all Americans.The 242,000 gain...

Arguments For A Strong ReportGoldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) NFP Preview: Jobless Claims. The four-week moving average of initial jobless claims leading into the payroll reference week declined from 285k in...

US stocks were on the rise on Thursday on energy and financial sectors gains. In the recent 14 trading days the financial sector added 13% although still 7% down this year. US dollar index, a measure...

Risk markets rally on better US data, higher oil price and policy easing.Investors should consider using rally to buy protection as risks persist. EUR/USD range bound, German yields could decline...

Closing at fresh one-month highs, Treasury yields bounced sharply through Wednesday's session after falling in broad market weakness throughout much of January and early February. Reacting to Monday's...