In November, non-farm payrolls rose by just 210k. While the rise was modest, the unemployment rate fell from 4.6% to 4.2%. This was in spite of the participation rate increasing from 61.6% to 61.8%.
Service sector PMIs also impressed, with the ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI rising from 66.7 to 69.1 in November.
The surge in inflation this year reflects resilient demand, fragile transportation networks and shortages of both supplies and labour, pressures inflicted by the disruption of the pandemic that are reverberating throughout the world economy.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has signalled that the worsening price environment is likely to encourage officials to accelerate stimulus withdrawal, an assessment that may still stand despite the smallest gain in jobs growth this year being revealed in data on Friday.
While the stats provided direction in the week, FED Chair Powell testimony was pivotal for the markets. The FED Chair talked of the need to discuss speeding up the tapering of bond purchases. Powell also said that the reference to transitory, in relation to inflation, should be removed, raising the chances of a sooner than expected rate hike.
The price of Bitcoin plunged early Saturday to just above $42,000. The pioneer digital currency has rebounded to $49,000, but that’s still well below Friday afternoon levels, according to Coindesk. Ethereum is above $4,100, also well off Saturday morning lows just above $3,500 and about where it was at Friday’s stock market close.
Both have pulled back from early November peaks, especially Bitcoin.
The price of Bitcoin hit a record of $68,990.90, around the time the first Bitcoin futures ETFs launched. The cryptocurrency tried to find support around its 50-day line but retreated late last week.
The crypto sell-off comes as financial assets are under pressure due to the Omicron Covid variant and hawkish Fed rhetoric as it confronts not-so-transitory inflation.
This Week’s High Impact Events
The times below are GMT +2.
Monday 6th December
No High Impact Events
Tuesday 7th December
05.30 – Australia – Cash Rate & RBA Rate Statement
Advertencia de riesgo: Nuestros productos se comercializan con margen y conllevan un alto nivel de riesgo y es posible que pueda perder todo su capital. Es posible que estos productos no sean adecuados para todos y debe asegurarse de que comprende los riesgos que involucran. Declaración de Riesgos.
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