US initial jobless claims ahead
As the North American session gets underway, the AUD he is the strongest and the USD is the weakest. The major pairs are relatively scrunched together as traders await the initial jobless claims at the bottom of the hour and the more important BLS nonfarm payroll and employment numbers tomorrow at 8:30 AM ET. The initial jobless claims are expected to come in at 384K which is down from 400K last week. The BOE kept their rates unchanged as expected. The 7-1 below was better than the 6-2 expected (Saunders was the only dissenter). For a review of the key takeaways, see Justin's post HERE. Governor Andrew Bailey will conduct his press conference at the top of the hour. You can find it HERE.
- Spot gold is trading up $1.39 at $1812.93
- Spot silver is up $0.11 at $25.46
- WTI crude oil futures are unchanged near $68
- Bitcoin is down $1800 at $37,922
in the premarket for US stocks, the major indices are mostly higher:
- Dow +78 points
- S&P index up 10 points
- NASDAQ index +36 point
