INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Dollar supported by US employment figures
At the end of this week, the euro fell against the dollar by -1.05% compared to last week at 1.176. The EUR/ USD pair thus reached its lowest since the beginning of April 2021. The dollar was carried by the positive employment figures.
The US economy created 943K non-farm jobs in July, up from 938K in June 2021, higher than expected. To this end, the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%, from 5.9% in June.
The US economy recovery was also confirmed by the rebound of the ISM non-manufacturing PMI index in July to 64.1 from 60.1 a month earlier.
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