Despite the appreciation of this Friday, the American currency failed to avoid a week with a negative sign.
He global dollar went up this Friday after the dissemination of the key figures of the American payrolls that showed that the growth of the employment It slowed down more than expected in January and that the rate of unemployment went to 4%, which gave the Federal Reserve (Fed) Coverage to postpone a cut of interest rates at least until June.
He dollar indexwhich measures the price of the green ticket in front of the Yen, the sterling pound and other similar currencies, rose 0.353% to 108.04, Reuters reported, but closed with a weekly decline from its maximum of 109.88, since the nerves of investors for the risks of a global trade war have been relieved.
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.
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 0.2% fell to 1,2413 dollars after falling 0.54% on Thursday when the Bank of England (BOE) reduced rates to 4.5% and said the economy of the economy United Kingdom It would grow only 0.75% this year, half of the previous forecast.
He euro 0.49% fell and stood at 1.0333, while the 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 0.09% compared to Y in 151,365 after falling below 151 yen for the first time since December 10 in the first Asian operations
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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