PRECIOUS-Gold falls as tight U.S. labour market suggests higher rates
*U.S. weekly jobless claims at three-month low*U.S. non-farm payrolls data due on Friday*Gold seeing support at $1,800-$1,805 – analyst*Palladium drops near 3%(Updates prices)Jan 5 (Reuters) – Gold prices pared losses on Thursday after Fed remarks of inflation easing in 2023, after slipping more than 1% on reports of a tighter-than-expected U.S. labour market boosting expectations […]
ADP says 235,000 private-sector U.S. jobs created in December
The numbers: Private-sector employment rose by 235,000 in December, payroll processor ADP said Thursday, in a sign that many companies are still hiring and the U.S. labor market remains strong. ADP reported a 182,000 increase in November. The increase in hiring was larger than expected. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a […]
Fed’s Kashkari backs interest rate hikes ‘at least the next few meetings’
The Federal Reserve should keep raising its policy interest rate until it is confident inflation has peaked and that means interest rate hikes “at least at the next few meetings,” said Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday. In an essay published on his regional bank’s website, Kashkari said that he has projected that the […]