Economists are expecting employment numbers to gain again in January, after 200,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December, according to a Bloomberg survey. Analysts on average expected 140,000 jobs to be added to the economy, despite disappointing consumer spending in recent months.

However, increased

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The US dollar had a mixed week as there was plenty of negative data from the United States, yet there also were positive indicators, especially employment figures. The greenback rose against the euro and the yen, but declined against higher-yielding currencies.

The US dollar started this week stronger against most of the currencies, but quickly tu

The New Zealand dollar climbed today, reaching the all-time high versus the euro, after positive employment data from the United States bolstered risk appetite among Forex traders, making them prefer higher-yielding currencies.

US employment data overshadowed the problems of Europe for a day and provided a major boost for currencies tied to gro

(eToro Blog) Wall Street rallied on the U.S. Non Farm Payrolls report which showed that 243K jobs were created in the month of January. The unemployment rate dropped to lowest level in 3 years at 8.3%. The data beat analyst expectations and boosted U.S. Dollar bulls and stock markets. The December data was also revised

The Canadian dollar jumped today as positive employment data from the United State boosted risk appetite among Forex traders and overshadowed poor employment report from Canada itself.

Reports ahead of US non-farm payrolls provided a mixed picture about the US employment market as ADP employment report showed less-than-expected growth, while un

US dollar is paring some of its earlier gains against the euro as risk appetite improves. However, greenback still has the upper hand against European currencies right now as the data coming out of the United States seems to indicate that the economic recovery could speed up.

Right now, the big excitement is the non-farm payrolls for January.