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Friday, 4 August 2017

The dollar went up after the release of the US employment report

On Friday, the dollar moved up against other major currencies after a positive employment report allowed investors to forget about the continuing political tension in Washington.
On Friday, the US Department of Labor released a report on employment outside the agricultural sector, according to which 209,000 jobs were created in the US, which significantly exceeded the forecasts of experts of 183,000 jobs. The adjusted value showed that 231 thousand jobs were created in the US economy in June (the preliminary value was 222 thousand jobs).
After the value of 4.4% the unemployment rate in July fell to 4.3%, according to forecasts after a value of 4.4% in the previous month.
The average hourly wage in the US increased by 0.3% in line with the forecast and against an increase of 0.2% a month earlier.

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