Jovana Pribic

On Friday the August employment rate showed better than expected readings from non-farm employment change that came at 201k, as opposed to the expected 191k. The data was higher than the consensus and better than the estimate provided last Thursday by ADP report, indicating 163k positions. However, the jobless rate came with a surprise, holding […]

Yesterday investors were eager to find out the most recent numbers regarding the unemployment claims coming from the United States of America, and the results were not disappointing. As per the readings, the number of US citizens that have applied for the unemployment benefits is at its lowest level since December 1969, where the claims

On Wednesday we had a vast of important macro-economic releases, where the day started with the Australian GDP numbers, which have passed all the expectations where the economic growth was 0.9%, as opposed to the expected 0.7%. As Reuters have reported, the rapid population growth has increased the housing demand and infrastructure, as well as

On Tuesday, Reuters had published its poll conducted from August 29th to September 3rd on whether Grate Britain will leave the European Union in March 2019 with or without the deal. According to the results, the chances that the UK will leave without a deal are one in four. It is also to believe that

On Monday among the most important macro-economic news releases were the manufacturing PMI of Japan, UK and EU, as well as the retail sales figures coming from Australia. The morning started with disappointing news from Australia, where the retail sales dropped in July, having the weakest result since March this year. The forecasted percentage growth

On Friday, President Trump has added yet another country to his list of increased steel and aluminum tariffs, and this time it is Turkey. As per Trump’s tweet last Friday, he has announced that Turkish-American relations are ‘not good at this time’ and has doubled the tariffs, thus the tariff on steel will rise 5o

In its regular economic bulletin, the ECB has stated on Thursday that there is an increased risk towards global growth due to the threat coming from the higher US tariffs towards Europe, as well as the possible retaliation of the affected countries. This view is in line with the policy statement published in July. Furthermore,

UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, is preparing for a meeting with her cabinet ministers next month in order to discuss the preparation of United Kingdom in case of a no-deal Brexit according to Bloomberg. As the markets have increased their bets on Britain leaving the EU without a deal, the pound has hit the 2018

Despite the appeals from the Washington’s allies, the United States President Donald Trump has kept his intentions and had imposed new sanctions to Iran, as Reuters had reported. Furthermore, he has promised that companies that are doing business with Iran will be banned from the United States. The cause of the move was the Iranian

As CNN has reported yesterday, it seems that the Great Britain has high chances to exit the European Union without a deal. In addition, the UK’s international trade secretary, Liam Fox, believes that there is 60-40 chance that UK would not reach a deal on Brexit and blames the stubbornness of the European Commission. His