Gold has posted small gains on Tuesday, after a listless session Mondays. In the North American session, the pair is trading at $ 1341.19. On the front of liberation, which remains a quiet week. the numbers of the United States were a mixture. Preliminary Nonfarm Productivity disappointed with a decline of 0.5%, while labor costs Unit won preliminary 2.0%, above the estimate.
It's the US economy on the rebound? employment figures US sparkled on Friday, led by the change in nonfarm employment. The July report surprised markets with a huge gain of 255,000 crush the estimate of 180 thousand. This release follows the June reading of 280 000 outstanding. Wage growth in the US has been a weak point in the labor market robust, but there was positive news as average hourly earnings increased 0.3%, exceeding the previous forecast of 0.2%. In turn, unemployment claims remained stable at 4.9%. What will the Fed do with these numbers? Before launching payroll, up September it was virtually off the table, especially in light of the soft US GDP report in late July. The Fed has made no secret of the fact that any movement of rates will be dependent on the data, and numbers of stellar work force the Fed to think seriously about a movement in September. US employment and inflation releases in the coming weeks will be critical factors in determining whether the Fed makes a move next month, or rates again in December. As gold prices are closely linked to interest rate moves, continuing speculation about a rate move could lead to volatility in gold prices.
/ USD XAU Basics
Tuesday (August 9)
10:00 Business Index US NFIB Small. 94.5 estimate. 94.6 reais
8:30 US Nonfarm Productivity preliminary. Estimate 0.5%
8:30 unit cost of US preliminary labor. Estimate 1.8%
10:00 IBD / TIPP economic optimism. 46.2 estimate. 48.4 reais
10:00 US wholesale inventories. 0.0% estimate. Current 0.3%
* Key Announcements are highlighted in bold
* All times are EDT release
XAU / USD for Tuesday, August 9, 2016
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