Non-Farm Payrolls came in just right, 114k on consensus of 115k , a slight beat that sends the unemployment rate to 7.8% on consensus of 8.2!?!?
Last month's 30 year low in the Labor Force Participation Rate bumped up from the 65.6 to 65.5.
Something is a little out of place, but that's not my concern, after all it is an election year.
The initial knee jerk reaction is a 7+ point move higher in ES Futures, about the same as what we've seen since the close yesterday.
There was a small positive divergence at the 5 a.m. lows, everything else is about in line.
I know it would be a hard habit to break since for so long "Bad news was good news" was the line, but I do wonder after the F_O_M_C talked about their possible new yardstick for policy if we'll see a "Good news is bad" reversal?
Is interest rates about to start going up?
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Yes, I know - it does not make any sense - FED is about to cut
rates...but....real world interest rates are not always what FED wants it
to be.
5 years ago
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