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Unemployment spiked in 2020 and was still elevated, at 6.3%, in January of 2021. For most of his term, it was below 4%, at or around its lowest in half a century. At 4.3% now, unemployment remains ...
The unemployment rate has also come down. It last improved to a reading of 4.2% in November, but still held above the 50-year low of 3.5% seen before the pandemic in February 2020.
On January 3, 2020, WTI finished up 2.2 percent for the week at $63.05, the highest since May, after U.S. air strikes in Iraq, with Brent up 2.6 percent for the week at $68.60. [1] Then oil fell for five straight days before rising again; the U.S. "backed away from military confrontation" with Iran, and stockpiles were higher.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe It’s all about earnings expectations.
In Brazil, inflation hit its highest rate since 2003 — prices rose 10.74% in November 2021 compared to November 2020. Economists predicted that inflation has peaked and that the economy may be headed for recession, in part due to aggressive interest rate increases by the central bank. [195]
An economic calendar not only lists daily events, but the volatility levels attached to them. A volatility level refers to the likelihood that a specific event will impact the markets. Economic calendars usually have a three-scale volatility gauge. If an event has a level one volatility, it is not expected to significantly affect the markets.
Economic data releases and earnings The US economy continues to impress. And we think there is a fairly straightforward, fundamental story that explains why we stand where we stand in July 2023.
In May 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that, for the first time in history, the central government would not set an economic growth target for 2020, with the economy having contracted by 6.8% compared to 2019 and China facing an "unpredictable" time. However, the government also stated an intention to create 9 million new urban jobs ...