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US Unemployment

Forex News: Unemployment Rate 5.5% NFP -62,000

Posted by Greg Michalowski on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 8:31am in

Unemployment Rate:5.5%
NFP:-62000
NFP Revision: to -62000 from -49000

The Initial Claims were much higher at 404,000. 

Continuing Claims 3,116,000

Forex News: Dollar rallies as some explanations for the jump in unemployment rate surface

Posted by Greg Michalowski on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:20am in

There is a report that the unemployment rate might have been influenced by a quirk in the calculation revolving around teenagers.  Excluding the issue, the unemployment rate reportedly would have been lower.  The story seems to be getting some traction. 

The EURUSD broke below the first support level of 1.5652 but held above the the 1.5637 support level.  These levels still are important intraday in determining the trend going forward.

Forex News Preview: US Unemployment due at 8:30 AM EDT

Posted by Greg Michalowski on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 7:53am in

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