Dollar Emerges as the Winner Out of the Confusing NFP

February 5th, 2010 admin

American job figures came out very confusing. After some choppy trading, the market focuses on the bright side of the data and the dollar continues to rally. Note: This was initially written at 14:15 GMT. I’ll update this post as events unfold. Non-Farm Payrolls didn’t deliver a positive number . The US job market lost 20,000 jobs. The negative number was supposed to be the headline, but the Unemployment Rate stole the show with a drop from 10% to 9.7%. This 0.3% drop in unemployment rate is significant. It’s also a return to the single-digit unemployment rate which is also meaningful in a psychological manner. Forex market action EUR/USD began by falling, and…


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