Market Review 01 July 2020

by Constantinos Loizou

  • In the Economic calendar of today we can expect some volatility in EUR and USD.
  • At 07:00 (GMT) the Unemployment Rate was released by the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS).
  • A decrease in the figure is seen as positive (or bullish) for the Euro, while an increase is seen as negative (or bearish). The figure was decreased since last month by 58.5K falling to 414.8K.
  • In the morning, several European countries announced their Markit Manufacturing PMI.
  • The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) released by Markit Economics captures business conditions in the manufacturing sector. As the manufacturing sector has a large part of total GDP, the manufacturing PMI is an important indicator of business conditions and the overall economic condition.
  • At 07:55 (GMT) the Unemployment Change was released by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit and published by the German Statistics Office. The result was better than expected (-51K) at 69K.
  • At 12:15 (GMT) the Automatic Data Processing Inc will release the Employment change in US for the previous month.
  • The above is a measure of the change in the number of employed people in the US and the result is forecasted to increase from -2760K to 3000K.
  • At 18:00 (GMT) the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will have a meeting to review the economic and financial condition of USA.
  • FOMC Minutes are released by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and are a clear guide to the future US interest rate policy.