by Henry Liu on July 8, 2011
Here are the figures for today’s NFP release:
NFP Employment 18K V 105KE
Private Payroll 57K versus 132KE
Prior NFP revised down to 25K (from 54K)
Prior Private Payroll revised down to 73K (from 83K)
Unemployment Rate 9.2% V 9.1%E
Number of Unemployed = 14.1M
Participation Rate = 64.1% (Lowest since 1984)
Jun. Average Hours Earnings $22.99 / Average Working Hours 34.4
Birth/Death Adjustment: 131K with 206K prior.
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by Henry Liu on July 7, 2011
We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Change, it is the focus news release for the week. Here’s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NF Employment Forecast 87K Previous 54K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 9.1% Previous 9.1%
ACTION: 160K BUY USDJPY / 20K BUY EURUSD
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by Henry Liu on June 2, 2011
We´ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Change, it is the focus news release for the week. Here´s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NF Employment Forecast 164K Previous 244K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 9.0% Previous 9.0%
ACTION: 234K BUY USDJPY / 94K BUY EURUSD
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by Henry Liu on May 5, 2011
We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Change, it is the focus news release for the week. Here’s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NFP Forecast 185K Previous 216K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 8.8% Previous 8.8%
ACTION: 250K BUY USDJPY / 120K BUY EURUSD
The Trade Plan
With today’s release, the medium expectation is around 185K. The market will continue a positive outlook towards private sector jobs even though there seems to be slight contraction in job growth, as reported by this month’s ADP employment report.
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by Henry Liu on March 31, 2011
We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes, it is the focus news release for the week. Here’s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NFP Forecast 190K Previous 191K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 8.9% Previous 8.9%
ACTION: 250K BUY USDJPY / 120K BUY EURUSD
The Trade Plan
With today’s release, as per a special report by Bloomberg, the medium expectation is around 190K, with an estimated increase in the private sector payrolls at +222K. Market has shifted up its sentiment towards private sector jobs after this week’s positive ADP report…
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by Henry Liu on March 4, 2011
We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes, it is the focus news release for the week. Here’s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NFP Forecast 190K Previous 36K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 9.1% Previous 9.0%
ACTION: 250K BUY USDJPY / 100K BUY EURUSD
The Trade Plan
With today’s release, as per a special report by Bloomberg, the medium expectation is around 190K, with an estimated increase in the private sector payrolls at +200K. Market has shifted up its sentiment towards private sector jobs after this week’s slew of positive PMI figures and Wednesday’s ADP report…
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by Henry Liu on February 4, 2011
We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes, it is the focus news release for the week. Here’s the forecast:
8:30am (NY Time) US NFP Forecast 140K Previous 103K
8:30am (NY Time) US Unemployment Rate Forecast 9.5% Previous 9.4%
ACTION: 210K BUY USDJPY / 70K BUY EURUSD
The Trade Plan
With today’s release, as per a special report by Bloomberg, the medium expectation is around 140K, with an estimated increase in the private sector payrolls at +145K. Market has shifted up its sentiment towards private sector jobs after this week’s slew of positive PMI figures and Wednesday’s ADP report…
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