NFP headline print wont help Feds taper decision

NFP headline print won’t help Fed’s taper decision

For those looking to Non-Farm Payrolls for direction as to what the Fed may do at their June 16^th meeting, today’s print of +559,000 may have disappointed. Expectations were for +650,000, so it’s a weaker print. The revision to April’s print didn’t help much either. The print was only revised from +266,000 to 278,000 (remember, economists were expected nearly 1,000,000 for the April print). However, Average Hourly earnings was 0.5% vs an expectation of 0.2% and an April print of 0.7%! The Fed will be happy to see that the high inflation readings from last month have flowed into earnings and wages. The Fed has indicated that they are more concerned about the labor market than high inflation. Therefore, the Fed may begin to “talk about talking about tapering”, but the taper may still be on hold until later in the summer.

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Markets immediately made their feelings known about what the Fed may do at the June 16^th meeting on the back of the payroll numbers. Stocks moved higher, while interest rates and the US Dollar moved lower. Apparently the NFP miss was enough for some traders to believe the Fed will be on hold for longer (at least for now). One of the risks to the DXY that we cited yesterday was a weaker than expected print (risks meaning: risk that the Fed won’t taper soon). And with today’s NFP print, the DXY sold off from resistance just below the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level from the May 5^th highs to the May 25^th lows. Price immediately fell through prior highs at 90.27. If the DXY closes below yesterday’s lows of 89.88, it would be extremely bearish. The next level of support is at the top downward sloping trendline of the recent wedge near 89.75, ahead of the May 25^th lows at 89.52. First resistance is back at the highs of the day neat 90.63 and then the previously mentioned 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level near 90.70.

Source: Tradingview, City Index

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We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention broad stock markets after the data. The S&P 500 is closing-in on all-time highs once again. June 1^st highs provide first resistance at 4230, just ahead of the all-time highs from May 10^th at 4238.25. If price does move into new high territory, the next resistance is at the 127.2% Fibonacci extension from the May 10^th highs to the May 13^th lows at 4295.25 and then the top trendline of the upward sloping trendline near 4310. Above there, resistance is at the 161.9% Fibonacci extension from the same timeframe near 4367.50. Support is back at yesterday’s lows of 4161.25, then the bottom trendline of the wedge near 4140. Below there, the S&P 500 can fall back to the May 13^th lows of 4029.25.

Source: Tradingview, City Index

If data continues to come out weaker than expected ahead of the June 16^th Fed interest rate decision meeting, the Fed will most likely push off tapering until later in the year. However, if inflation data remains high (including the rise in earnings and wages), the Fed may be forced to “talk about talking about tapering”!

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