If you are filthy rich, you will be ok, if you have saved ten of thousands of £$ you will be alright maybe.
Economic data come in many forms. Good, mediocre, bad, and then occasionally so awful that you can’t quite believe it’s true.
Today’s initial jobless claims fall squarely into the last category.
As Ranko Berich, head of market analysis at Monex Europe, puts it:
“Today’s US jobless claims figure has a strong claim to being quite literally the worst single economic data release of all time, in terms of its significance for both the US economy and global markets.”

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