Market updates on August 19
There were no major moves during the Asian trading session, however we have some events today, which may affect the sentiment in the market.
American private payrolls head north in October
In October, American private sector payrolls inched up by the most for eight months, dropping a hint that overall job surge speeded up after in September Hurricane Florence had an impact on restaurant as well as retail employment.
The firm jobs market is gradually applying upward pressure on compensation. Meanwhile, other Wednesday’s data disclosed a firm rally in labor costs in the third quarter.
According to the ADP national employment data, private sector employment inched up by 227,000 jobs in September, surpassing experts’ hopes for a leap of 189,000. Eventually, September's payrolls count was updated downwards from 230,000 to 218,000.
As follows from a Reuters poll of financial analysts, in October, nonfarm payrolls bounced off by 190,000 jobs after Florence affected retail and restaurant payrolls in September.
In September, payrolls rallied by 134,000, which is the lowest outcome for a year. In October, the unemployment rate is anticipated to stay intact sticking with a 49-year minimum of 3.7%.
The major American currency was nearly intact versus a pack of currencies after the data. Additionally, American Treasury gains headed north to session maximums.
Moreover, the Labor Department's Employment Cost Index disclosed that salaries and wages, accounting for 70% of employment costs, tacked on by 0.9% in the third quarter having soared by 0.5% in the previous period.
It pushed the annual lift in salaries and wages to 2.9%, which is the most impressive jump since September 2008. Wage surge was backed by a rally in warehousing and transportation, probably showing a shortage of truck drivers. Additionally, there were jumps in other industries, such as healthcare, information, hospitality, and leisure.
The ascend in wages backed the Employment Cost Index – it managed to ascend by 0.8% in the third quarter having soared by 0.6% in the second quarter.
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Market updates on August 15
The risk sentiment remains under pressure after the comments by China about the countermeasures against the US tariffs. Thus, the AUD/USD and the USD/JPY pairs will be under our attention.
Attention: risk sentiment is off
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