US December non-farm payrolls +199K vs +400K expected
Canada December employment change 54.7K vs 24.5K estimate

US Nov consumer credit outstanding +39.99B vs +$19.5B expected
Baker Hughes rig count sees oil rigs up to 481 from 480 last week
Biden: Car prices are too high
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The major indices all closed lower today with the NASDAQ index leading the way to the downside once again. All three indices posted weekly lossesS&P and NASDAQ close lower for the fourth consecutive dayDow industrial average closed lower for the third consecutive dayS&P closes 3% from its record hig

USDCHF is testing its 38.2% retracement and 100 hour MA

The USDCHF is testing the 100 hour MA and the 38.2% of the move up from the December 31 low at 0.9182 area. The low price just reached 0.9183.
A move below the 100 hour moving average and the 38.2% retracement, would increase the

Prior was +16.9B (revised to +16.0B)Revolving +19.8BNon-revolving $20.15BThere’s no shortage of demand for credit.

The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling at $78.90. That’s down -$0.56 or 0.7%.
The high price reached $80.47. The low price extended to $78.52.

Crude oil was up sharply this week

For the week, the price moved up for the first four trading days, but is trading down today after re

Oil is up over 1% on the day as the rally since the turn of the year stretches on.

It has been an impressive week for oil, all things considered. There were some intraday dips amid some knocks to risk sentiment but they have been quickly bought up and here we are. I reckon that speaks quite a bit

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Among the steps being considered is a requirement for people with only two vaccination shots to show proof of a negative test in order to enter a restaurant or a bar i.e. only those with a booster shot do not have to do so.
That said, rules on quarantine measures are likely to be relaxed so as to av

Economic confidence 115.3Prior 117.5; revised to 117.6Industrial confidence 14.9Prior 14.1; revised to 14.3Services confidence 11.2Prior 18.4; revised to 18.3Euro area economic sentiment fell towards the end of last year, as omicron risks weighed on the outlook. A positive takeaway though is that th

Prior +0.2%; revised to +0.3%
Retail sales +7.8% y/y
Prior +1.4%; revised to +1.7%

A surprise growth in euro area retail sales, indicating that consumer demand is still somewhat holding up going into year-end. That despite omicron risks, though we’ll see how the fresh restrictions may