He global dollar It operated stable this Friday after the dissemination of the key figures of US payrolls that showed that employment growth slowed down more than expected in January.
The growth of less employment than expected was probably caused by forest fires in California And the cold climate in much of the country, but an unemployment rate of 4.0% probably gives the Federal Reserve coverage to postpone the cut of interest rates at least until June, Reuters stressed.
Non -agricultural payrolls increased by 143,000 jobs last month after having increased by 307,000 in December, according to the Office of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor in its Employment Report, which is followed closely, published on Friday. Moderation in the creation of jobs was also a reward after the solid performance of December.
He dollar indexwhich measures the price of the green ticket in front of the Yen, the sterling pound and other similar currencies, is located in 107.63, Reuters reported. The US currency has fallen around 2.1% since the maximum of Monday of 109.88, since the nerves of investors due to the risks of a global commercial war have been relieved.
Economists surveyed by Reuters expected the rate of unemployment It would have remained unchanged in 4.1% last month, while projecting that the economy would add 170,000 jobs.
The pound sterling It rose 0.22% to $ 1,2465 after falling 0.54% on Thursday when the Bank of England (BOE) reduced rates to 4.5% and said that the economy of the United Kingdom It would grow only 0.75% this year, half of the previous forecast.
He yen went up Friday for the bets that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will cut the rates more than expected above this year, backed by the salary data at the beginning of this week.
The dollar fell below 151 yen for the first time since December 10 in the first Asia operations, although it then rose 0.2% to 151.77 yen.
The first days of the Trump administration have kept investors in suspense. The US president suspended at the last moment the planned tariff measures against Mexico and Canada this week, but imposed additional levies of 10% to imports of Chinawhich quickly announced its own measures on US imports.
Source: Ambito
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