Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in October for the 94th consecutive month, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report.
Anthony Nieves, CPSM, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management®: "The NMI® registered 60.1 percent, which is 0.3 percentage point higher than the September reading of 59.8 percent. This represents continued growth in the non-manufacturing sector at a slightly faster rate. This is the highest NMI® reading since the index's debut in 2008. The highest reading among pre-2008 composite index calculations is 61.3 percent in August 2005".
EURUSD: 1.1595-1.1600 (EUR 1.8bln) 1.1670 (850m) 1.1700 (950m)
USDJPY: 114.00 (2.22bln) 114.50(1.14bln) 115.00 (970m)
GBPUSD: 1.2900 (GBP 470m)1.3000 (695m)
EURGBP: 0.8750 (EUR 790m) 0.9000 (E260m)
AUDUSD: 0.7645-50 (485m)
USDCAD: 1.2800 (505m)
AUDNZD: 1.1100 (1.49bln) 1.1300 (2.4bln)
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce,announced today that the goods and services deficit was $43.5 billion in September, up $0.7 billion from $42.8 billion in August, revised. September exports were $196.8 billion, $2.1 billion more than August exports. September imports were $240.3 billion, $2.8 billion more than August imports.
The September increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $0.6 billion to $65.4 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.2 billion to $21.9 billion.
Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $34.5 billion, or 9.3 percent, from the same period in 2016. Exports increased $93.0 billion or 5.6 percent. Imports increased $127.5 billion or 6.3 percent.
Employment increased by 35,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 6.3%. Employment gains in the month were driven by full-time work (+89,000), while fewer people worked part time (-53,000).
On a year-over-year basis, total employment rose by 308,000 (+1.7%), with full-time work increasing by 397,000 (+2.7%) and the number of people working part time declining by 89,000 (-2.5%). On a year-over-year basis, total hours worked were up 2.7%.
The unemployment rate trended downwards in the 12 months to October, falling 0.7 percentage points over this period.
Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, at $26.53, were little changed in October (-1 cent), after rising by 12 cents in September.
Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 63 cents, or 2.4 percent. In October, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees, at $22.22, were little changed (-1 cent).
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 261,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in food services and drinking places increased sharply, mostly offsetting a decline in September that largely reflected the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. In October, job gains also occurred in professional and business services, manufacturing, and health
care.
The unemployment rate edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 4.1 percent in October, and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 281,000 to 6.5 million. Since January, the unemployment rate has declined by 0.7 percentage point, and the number of unemployed persons has decreased by 1.1 million.
EUR/USD: 1.1595-1.1600(1.8 b), 1.1645-50(415 m), 1.1670(847 m), 1.1700(947 m), 1.1800(342 m)
GBP/USD: 1.2900(465 m), 1.3000(694 m),
USD/JPY: 113.00(322 m), 113.20-25(586 m), 113.80-85(636 m), 114.00(2.22 b), 114.50(1.13 b), 115.00(966 m)
EUR/GBP: 0.8750(790 m), 0.9000(256 m)
AUD/USD: 0.7600(243 m), 0.7645-50(485 m), 0.7725(274 m)
USD/CAD: 1.2500(509 m), 1.2600(342 m), 1.2800(502 m)
AUD/NZD: 1.0950(857 m), 1.1100(1.49 m), 1.1300(2.39 m)
At this moment, on 30 mins time frame chart, we can see that price has broken a downside trend line which it has also been tested.
Therefore, it might be a nice opportunity to see a bullish movement on USD/CAD.
Targets close to 1.2851
UK service providers indicated that business activity growth improved on its recent underwhelming trend in October. The latest expansion of service sector output was the fastest since April, supported by improved order books and resilient client demand.
At 55.6 in October, up from 53.6 in September, the headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS Services PMI Business Activity Index signalled a shift in momentum across the services economy. The latest reading was slightly stronger than the post-crisis trend and signalled the fastest pace of business activity growth for six months.
The Caixin China Composite PMI data (which covers both manufacturing and services) pointed to only a marginal increase in Chinese business activity at the start of the fourth quarter. At 51.0 in October, the Composite Output Index fell from 51.4 in September to signal the weakest pace of expansion since June 2016.
The softer increase in overall output was largely driven by a further slowdown in manufacturing production growth. Output at Chinese goods producers rose at only a marginal pace that was the weakest since June. Meanwhile, growth in Chinese services activity picked up from September's 21-month low, but was modest overall and remained weaker than the historical average. This was highlighted by the seasonally adjusted Caixin China General Services Business Activity Index rising from 50.6 to 51.2 in October.
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1756 (2671)
$1.1720 (3023)
$1.1691 (715)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1653
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1597 (5933)
$1.1549 (4552)
$1.1500 (3745)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date November, 3 is 120936 contracts (according to data from November, 2) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2000 (9990);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3157 (2017)
$1.3120 (2849)
$1.3086 (924)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.3054
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2992 (3113)
$1.2947 (2176)
$1.2899 (1510)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date November, 3 is 49329 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3200 (4592);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date November, 3 is 43631 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (3113);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.88 versus 0.87 from the previous trading day according to data from November, 2
* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.
** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.
The trend estimate was relatively unchanged (0.0%) in September 2017 following a relatively unchanged estimate (0.0%) in August 2017 and a relatively unchanged estimate (0.0%) in July 2017.
The seasonally adjusted estimate was relatively unchanged (0.0%) in September 2017. This follows a fall of 0.5% in August 2017 and a fall of 0.3% in July 2017.
In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 2.0% in September 2017 compared with September 2016.
The following industries fell in trend terms in September 2017: Household goods retailing (-0.5%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (-0.1%) and Department stores (-0.1%). Food retailing rose (0.1%) and Other retailing (0.0%) and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.0%) were relatively unchanged in trend terms in September 2017.
The following states and territories fell in trend terms in September 2017: Victoria (-0.1%), Western Australia (-0.3%), South Australia (-0.1%), the Australian Capital Territory (-0.2%), the Northern Territory (-0.2%), and Tasmania (-0.1%). New South Wales rose (0.1%) and Queensland (0.0%) was relatively unchanged in trend terms.
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