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Goldman Sachs: The employment components of various manufacturing surveys have been weak (Dallas Fed manufacturing survey, Chicago PMI & the ISM services report)Mining sector job losses may persist and continue to be a dragGS say that the consensus forecast has overestimated jobs growth in May for the last few years, by 56,000 on average over the previous 5 yearsWarm weather likely inflated the jobs number in April, but this may have ...
The euro skidded 0.8 percent to around $1.0892 on Monday after Greece missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline to reach a deal with its lenders to unlock crucial aid. An agreement is seen as key for Greece avoiding a debt default and dodging a potential exit from the euro zone. “We have moved from a situation where Greece really wasn’t an issue and people were not pricing it in to now, where it ...
Gold prices are trading in a narrow range in Asian trade. The precious metal has largely been taking cues from the expected timing of Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase. Data issued late last week showed the U.S. GDP fell 0.7% in the first quarter, which traders are interpreting to mean that a rate increase may come only late this year. However, the dollar has held steady resulting in little price impact on gold as ...
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Kim English