US DOLLAR PRICE OUTLOOK: DXY INDEX PIVOTS LOWER ON MIXED NONFARM PAYROLLS DATA
- US Greenback bears are steering the Buck decrease in response to a blended bag NFP report
- The broader DXY Index erases intraday beneficial properties because the unemployment fee climbs to five.9%
- Headline internet change in nonfarm payrolls topped forecast with 850Ok jobs added in June
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US Greenback value motion is coming below stress as markets digest the most recent spherical of NFPs. The broader DXY Index pivoted about -0.2% decrease in quick response to what seems to be like a blended bag jobs report. EUR/USD and GBP/USD value motion jumped 26-pips and 41-pips respectively whereas USD/CAD pivoted 30-pips decrease following the information.
Headline nonfarm payrolls elevated by 850,000 in June and blew bast the consensus forecast in search of 720,000 job beneficial properties. Apparently, nonetheless, the unemployment fee ticked greater from 5.8% to five.9%, which disenchanted markets anticipating a drop to five.6%. The labor drive participation fee held regular at 61.6% and common hourly earnings grew at a 3.6% year-over-year.
DXY – US DOLLAR INDEX PRICE CHART: 15-MINUTE TIME FRAME (01 JUL TO 02 JUL 2021)
Chart by @RichDvorakFX created utilizing TradingView
We famous in our NFP preview {that a} blended bag state of affairs could possibly be seen as a disappointment to US Greenback bulls and Fed hawks. Such appears to be the case. To be truthful, although, there’s an attention-grabbing word concerning the unemployment fee within the particulars of the NFP report. Particularly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics famous that “among the many unemployed, the variety of job leavers – that’s, unemployed individuals who stop or voluntarily left their earlier job and started in search of new employment – elevated by 164,000.”
This, along with rising wage inflation, converse to sturdy underlying labor market demand. The Federal Reserve might take a cautious and ‘half glass empty’ view of NFPs nonetheless as doing so probably affords the central financial institution with extra time to delay the kickoff of tapering asset purchases. As such, we’d see a continued unwind of latest US Greenback power.
— Written by Wealthy Dvorak, Analyst for DailyFX.com
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