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November 12, 2024
British Pound traded at 1.2738 against USD at 9:00 am PST.
The U.K. unemployment rate rose more than expected in the third quarter and wage growth softened, adding pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates further. The unemployment rate rose 4.3% in the September quarter from 4.0% in three months to August, the Office for National Statistics reported Tuesday. The rate was seen at 4.1%. Excluding bonus, average earnings gained 4.8% in three months to September, the weakest since mid-2022. This follows an increase of 4.9% in the preceding period. Wage growth was forecast to ease to 4.7% while average earnings including bonuses grew 4.3% annually. The ONS said the annual increase was affected by the civil service one-off payments made in July and August 2023.
Economists expected an increase of 3.9%. Job vacancies decreased for 28 consecutive periods in three months to October according to the ONS. The number of vacancies dropped by 35,000 in the quarter, reaching 831,000. Data also indicated a decrease of 5,000 in the number of paid employees in October compared to a month ago but increased by 95,000 from the previous year to 30.4 million. Additionally, the claimant count rose by 26,700 in October after rising to 10,100 in September, though this was below economists' forecast of 30,500. An estimated 48,000 working days were lost in September because of labor disputes. Recently, the BoE lowered its interest rate by a quarter-point to 4.75%. While the U.K. central bank reduced the policy rate by a quarter-point in August, it was the first reduction since March 2020. 11/12/2024 - 04:21:00 (RTTNews)
Japanese Yen traded at 154.72 against USD at 9:00 am PST.
Japan's machine tool orders grew sharply in October amid strong foreign demand, preliminary data from the Japan Machine Tool Builders Association, or JMTBA, showed. Machine tool orders climbed 9.3% YoY in October, reversing a 6.4% fall in the previous month. Further, this was the first rise in three months. Foreign demand was 13.6% higher in October than last year, while domestic orders contracted by 1.0%. Monthly, machine tool orders dropped 2.3% in October, in contrast to a 13.2% plunge in the prior month. 11/12/2024 - 01:45:00 (RTTNews)
Australian Dollar traded at 0.6526 against USD at 9:00 am PST.
Australia's business confidence strengthened notably in October on improvements across all industries except construction and retail, survey data from NAB showed. The business confidence index rose to +5 from -2 in September. At the same time, the business conditions index was unchanged at 7 in October. Trading conditions edged up one point to +13, while profitability was flat at 5 points.
Meanwhile, the employment index slid to +3 points. Driven by an improvement in the retail sector, forward orders improved slightly in October. Capacity utilization dropped 0.7 age points to 82.5%. Regarding prices, the survey showed that labor cost growth weakened to 1.4% in the quarter from 1.9% in September, while purchase cost growth slowed to 0.9%. Output price growth edged down to 0.5% from 0.6% while retail price inflation rebounded to 1.1% from 0.6%. 11/12/2024 - 00:55:00 (RTTNews)
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