News by tag - unemployment
10/06/2011 09:46
In April, the US trade balance showed an unexpected narrowing in the deficit. The trade deficit narrowed from a downwardly revised $46.8 bil...
08/06/2011 10:51
Actual (May): 8.2 % Consensus: 8.2 % Previous (Apr): 8.6 % The unemployment rate has further decreased, as expected. Seasonal factors are us...
06/06/2011 09:22
The US payrolls report brought a major disappointment on Friday. In May, nonfarm payrolls rose only by 54 000, while the consensus was looki...
27/05/2011 10:11
Why looking at inflation expectations? Ahead of the ECB meeting, which will take place in about two weeks, on the 9th of June, we’d like to ...
27/05/2011 09:20
The second estimate of US Q1 GDP confirmed the disappointing first estimate. During the first three months of the year, the US economy grew ...
20/05/2011 09:23
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index fell sharply back in May, for the second straight month. The headline figure plunged from 18.5 to 3...
19/05/2011 10:09
Wage growth accelerated and came out above the average market forecast while improvement in employment keeps momentum last month. Rising pri...
19/05/2011 09:28
The Minutes of the latest Bank of England MPC meeting, held on the 4th and 5th of May, continued to show the same voting pattern than in the...
13/05/2011 09:08
In April, US retail sales rose for the 10th consecutive month, in line with expectations. On a monthly basis, retail sales increased by 0.5%...
09/05/2011 09:31
In April, US non-farm payrolls surprised on the upside of expectations, rising by 244 000, while the consensus was looking for an increase b...
06/05/2011 09:40
In the week ended April the 30th, US initial jobless claims extended their uptrend, rising to the highest level since August last year. Init...
02/05/2011 15:13
- Eurozone inflation increases further to 2.8%. - Inflation concerns increase likelihood of June ECB rate rise. - ECB likely to worry about ...
02/05/2011 09:10
In April, euro zone HICP inflation accelerated, while the consensus was looking for an unchanged figure. According to the first estimate, eu...
28/04/2011 11:44
Jobless rate fulfilled expectations and decreased from 13.2% to 13.1%. However, seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment remained unchanged ...
15/04/2011 09:33
US initial jobless claims disappointed in the week ended April the 9th. Initial claims rose by 27 000 to a total level of 412 000, while the...
15/04/2011 09:31
Regarding trading today, the calendar is very interesting with inflation readings in both EMU (final) and US, but also with interesting acti...
08/04/2011 14:40
In March unemployment usually falls thanks to seasonal effects. Sectors like construction, agriculture and some services hire temporary empl...
31/03/2011 10:52
In March, the ADP employment report showed that private employment rose by 201 000, marginally weaker than expected (208 000), while the pre...
08/03/2011 10:03
Actual (Feb): 9.6 % Conesensus: 9.7 % Previous (Jan): 9.7 % Unemployment rate decreased in February, the figure is slightly better than esti...