Forex News – US December Nonfarm payrolls disappoint but miss could be weather-related
Posted on January 10, 2014 at 3:34 pm GMT[caption id="attachment_12437" align="alignnone" width="550"] (click to enlarge)[/caption] The announcement of much lower-than-expected nonfarm payrolls for December caused a temporary upset for the markets but its longer-term significance might prove questionable. Payrolls for December came in at only 74 thousand versus economists’ expectations of gains of 196 thousand. On a positive note, November’s nonfarm payroll figure was revised upwards to 241 thousand from 203 first reported. Although the news has ‘shock value’, it is quite plausible that some special circumstances such [..]