{"id":131302,"date":"2018-08-03T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=131302"},"modified":"2018-08-03T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:59:45","slug":"dollar-dips-on-mixed-us-jobs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/08\/dollar-dips-on-mixed-us-jobs-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar dips on mixed US jobs report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2125670581\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 3, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Dollar has\u00a0depreciated against a basket of major currencies following news that the United States added another 157,000 jobs to its economy during July.<\/p>\n<p>Although the headline NFP disappointed\u00a0by printing below the 193,000 market expectations,\u00a0the unemployment rate fell from 4% to 3.9% while wage growth increased by 0.3% in July month-on-month. When factoring in\u00a0how June\u2019s NFP was revised up to 248,000 from 213,000 and May\u2019s report also revised higher to show 268,000 jobs created, the Dollar&#8217;s losses are likely to be limited.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s mixed jobs report is unlikely to derail the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates in September and this can already be reflected in the Dollar\u2019s price action. In regards to the technical picture, a weekly close above 95.00 could open a path towards 95.50 and 96.10, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:\u00a0<\/strong>The content in this article comprises personal opinions and should not be construed as containing personal and\/or other investment advice and\/or an offer of and\/or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments and\/or a guarantee and\/or prediction of future performance. ForexTime (FXTM), its affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees do not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness, of any information or data made available and assume no liability as to any loss arising from any investment based on the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by ForexTime The Dollar has\u00a0depreciated against a basket of major currencies following news that the United States added another 157,000 jobs to its economy during July. Although the headline NFP disappointed\u00a0by printing below the 193,000 market expectations,\u00a0the unemployment rate fell from 4% to 3.9% while wage growth increased by 0.3% in July month-on-month. 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