Analysis and Recommendations: The GBP/USD added 17 points to trade at 1.5920 after unemployment fell to 6.0%. Unemployment has continued to fall sharply
The GBP/USD added 17 points to trade at 1.5920 after unemployment fell to 6.0%. Unemployment has continued to fall sharply because slower job creation was dwarfed by a big quarterly rise of 113,000 in the number of economically inactive people, almost half of which is accounted for by a rise in the student population. The fact that the latest fall in unemployment has been driven by rising inactivity rather than job creation explains why the associated fall in the number of people unemployed and claiming job seekers allowance (JSA) is also much lower than in previous months.
The ONS said there were 1.97 million unemployed people, 154,000 fewer than for March to May 2014 and 538,000 less than a year earlier. This is the largest annual fall in unemployment on record. Records for annual changes in unemployment begin in 1972. The Office for National Statistics reports that average earnings in the UK rose by just 0.7% annually in the June-August quarter.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major currencies, added about 0.1 percent to 85.936, though it was still shy of a four-year high of 86.746 marked earlier this month.
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Today’s economic releases actual vs. forecast:
Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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AUD |
Consumer Sentiment |
0.9% |
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-4.6% |
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CNY |
CPI (MoM) (Sep) |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
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CNY |
CPI (YoY) (Sep) |
1.6% |
1.7% |
2.0% |
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CNY |
PPI (YoY) (Sep) |
-1.8% |
-1.6% |
-1.2% |
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JPY |
Industrial Production |
-1.9% |
-1.5% |
-1.5% |
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EUR |
German CPI (MoM) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
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EUR |
ECB President Draghi |
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GBP |
Average Earnings Index |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
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GBP |
Claimant Count |
-18.6K |
-35.0K |
-33.2K |
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GBP |
Unemployment Rate |
6.0% |
6.1% |
6.2% |
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USD |
Core PPI (MoM) (Sep) |
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0.1% |
0.1% |
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USD |
Core Retail Sales |
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0.3% |
0.3% |
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USD |
NY Empire State |
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20.50 |
27.54 |
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USD |
PPI (MoM) (Sep) |
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0.1% |
0.0% |
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USD |
Retail Sales (MoM) |
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-0.1% |
0.6% |
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USD |
Business Inventories |
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0.4% |
0.4% |
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USD |
Federal Budget |
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80.9B |
-129.0B |
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USD |
Beige Book |
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EUR |
ECB President Draghi |
Upcoming Economic Events that you should be monitoring:
Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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NZD |
Business NZ PMI (Sep) |
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56.5 |
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EUR |
Core CPI (YoY) (Sep) |
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0.7% |
0.7% |
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EUR |
CPI (MoM) (Sep) |
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0.4% |
0.1% |
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EUR |
CPI (YoY) (Sep) |
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0.3% |
0.3% |
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USD |
Initial Jobless Claims |
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290K |
287K |
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CAD |
Manufacturing Sales |
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-1.6% |
2.5% |
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USD |
Industrial Production |
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0.4% |
-0.1% |
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USD |
Phil Fed Manufacturing |
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20.0 |
22.5 |
Government Bond Auction
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