Today the SPX ended negative. However, U.S. private sector job growth recorded its biggest increase in more than a year in February amid a surge in construction and factory hiring, suggesting the economy remains on solid ground despite an apparent further slowdown in the first quarter. R OPTION AND R OPTION MINI Some of you
After Yellen and Fischer speeches, many respected analyst are now assigning 100% odds to a rate increase in March. I am are assigning 87% probability we need to know the jobs report that will be released this Friday. If the report is strong, the odds in our analysis will also go up. China set the growth
Nonfarm payrolls data for February, expected on Friday, will be closely watched to gauge strength of the economy vis-à-vis a possible interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve bank. Jobs growth surged more than expected in January to 227,000, and analysts expect the February nonfarm payrolls to have risen by 190,000. After data showed
