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The important US Non-Farm Payrolls number missed expectations, adding only 57,000 jobs for June, although the headline Unemployment rate fell to 4.2%. The participation rate in the workforce, fell to near record lows, allowing the Unemployment rate to fall.
Read more →Sentiment remains high in markets, with trading around record highs in equities, while bond yields spiked slightly higher overnight. Fed Chairman Warsh spoke at an international meeting of Central Bankers and noted prices remain far too high.
Read more →Markets close out the first half of the year on a high, despite the extreme volatility arising from the war in the Middle East and the subsequent energy crises. Equities in the US put on strong gains, despite some questions over AI and tech shares, while bond yields ignored massive deficit and debt.
Read more →The US/Iran conflict was paused again, before markets opened, for the trading week. Hostilities had erupted, once again over the weekend, as the US responded to Iranian attacks on shipping in the Straits of Hormuz.
Read more →A peace deal appears to have been reached between Israel and Lebanon, further improving conditions in the Middle East and ending the energy crises, at least for now. Markets have calmed, with bond yields and oil prices both tumbling.
Read more →Equity markets brushed off inflationary pressures and moved to trade around record highs. Tech stocks remain under some pressure, as supply line price pressure from inflation, impacts retail. The PCE inflation indicator, jumped to an annualised 4.4%, reflecting the impact of the energy crises.
Read more →The sanctuary of the US Dollar, is the story of market direction, in the last week or so. Flows to the safety of the US currency is sought to park risk in turbulent times. The bond and equity markets have settled, since the Middle East energy crises has calmed.
Read more →Peace negotiations between the US and Iran are progressing well and oil prices are tumbling fast. The energy crises appears to be coming to an end and attention now turns to economic matters.
Read more →Markets search for direction, as peace negotiations continue in Switzerland, between Iran and the USA. No major economic data releases were forthcoming and reads on inflation will be largely ignored, now the energy crises is seemingly over.
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