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The Greenback strenghtened against the Eurozone's single currency, following the US Average Hourly Earnings data release on Friday. The EUR/USD currency pair lost 23 pips, or 0.19%, to continue fluctuating in the 1.1680 area.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics simultaneously released three data sets, where Average Hourly Earnings data that came out better-than-expected of 0.3%, compared to the 0.1% in the previous period.
Moreover, Non-Farm Employment Change data came out better-than expected of 223K, instead of economists forecast of 189K, and Unemployment Rate data came out to be less-than-expected of 3.8%.
| Historical Data Table: US Average Hourly Earnings m/m | Economic Calendar for 01.05.2018 | ||||||||
| Date | 02.02.2018 | 09.03.2018 | 06.04.2018 | 04.05.2018 | 01.06.2018 | 2:00 PM | US ISM Manufacturing PMI | ||
| Actual | 0.30% | 0.10% | 0.30% | 0.10% | 0.30% | 2:00 PM | US Construction Spending | ||
| Forecast | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.20% | 0.20% | 2:00 PM | US ISM Manufacturing Prices | ||
| Initial Reaction on Main Pairs | SWFX Sentiment Indexes | ||||||||
| Open Price | Close Price | % Change | Longs | Shorts | |||||
| AUD/USD | 0.75355 | 0.75177 | -0.24% | AUD/USD | 68.77% | 31.23% | |||
| EUR/USD | 1.1672 | 1.16499 | -0.19% | EUR/USD | 61.53% | 38.47% | |||
| USD/JPY | 109.467 | 109.651 | 0.17% | USD/JPY | 53.05% | 46.95% | |||
| NZD/USD | 0.69775 | 0.69616 | -0.23% | NZD/USD | 55.30% | 44.70% | |||