- The Pound Sterling extends its recovery to 1.2550 against the US Dollar as the market sentiment is positive despite uncertainty ahead of the release of the United States Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) and the ISM Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reports for April. The S&P 500 sharply recovered on Thursday gaining around 0.90% and suggesting a higher risk appetite of investors.
- US nonfarm employers are expected to have recruited 238K workers in April, lower than the former reading of 303K. The Unemployment Rate is estimated to remain steady at 3.8%. Investors will keenly focus on the Average Hourly Earnings data, which will provide a fresh inflation outlook. The annual wage growth is expected to have softened to 4.0% from 4.1% in March, with monthly figures increasing steadily by 0.3%.
- Strong labor demand and higher wage growth would allow the Federal Reserve to delay rate cut plans while signs of labor market conditions easing will boost rate cut bets, which are currently anticipated in the September meeting.
- The ISM Services PMI, which represents the service sector that accounts for two-thirds of the economy, is expected to rise to 52.0 from 51.4 in March.
- Apart from the cheerful market mood, a sharp decline in the US Dollar has also strengthened the GBP/USD pair. The US Dollar Index (DXY) trades close to a three-week low around 105.20, weighed down by weak Q1 Nonfarm Productivity data combined with Fed’s less hawkish guidance on interest rates than feared.
- The Q1 Nonfarm Productivity data, which reflects hourly output per worker, grew at a significantly slower pace of 0.3% from expectations of 0.8% and a strong reading of 3.5% in the last quarter of 2023.
- On Wednesday, investors observed that the Fed remains leaning towards easing restrictive policy this year after listening to the monetary policy statement and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. Jerome Powell acknowledged that progress in disinflation has stalled but remains hopeful that rate cuts are eventual this year. The Fed also slowed the pace of tapering the balance sheet. The Fed said that starting on June 1 it will reduce the cap on Treasury securities it allows to mature and not be replaced to $25 billion from its current cap of up to $60 billion per month, Reuters reported.
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