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US Q2 prelim unit labor costs +1.3% vs +2.1% expected
US Q2 prelim unit labor costs +1.3% vs +2.1% expected. Prior was 2.3% Productivity +1.4% vs +0.6% expected Prior productivity was +0.8% This isn't really a useful report because productivity is so hard to measure and it's often revised many
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US Q2 prelim unit labor costs +1.3% vs +2.1% expected. Prior was 2.3% Productivity +1.4% vs +0.6% expected Prior productivity was +0.8% This isn't really a useful report because productivity is so hard to measure and it's often revised many
US Q2 prelim unit labor costs +1.3% vs +2.1% expected
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US Q2 prelim unit labor costs +1.3% vs +2.1% expected. Prior was 2.3% Productivity +1.4% vs +0.6% expected Prior productivity was +0.8% This isn't really a useful report because productivity is so hard to measure and it's often revised many
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Prior was 2.3% Productivity +1.4% vs +0.6% expected Prior productivity was +0.8% This isn't really a useful report because productivity is so hard to measure and it's often revised many times. In theory, unit labor costs are a critical inflation number but it's rarely a market mover because measuring it is so variable quarter-to-quarter. The dollar has much bigger questions to answer at the moment with all the intervention in the yen. The Treasury market also doesn't like what it's been hearing from Bessent. was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.
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NIC · Impact scores
Global: 93 · Market: 100 · Urgency: 53 · Confidence: 90 · Neutral
Themes: inflation
Asset impact
- USD — Neutral (55) · USD mentioned with balanced cues.
- JPY — Neutral (55) · JPY mentioned with balanced cues.
- Bonds — Neutral (55) · Bonds mentioned with balanced cues.
- Forex — Neutral (55) · Forex mentioned with balanced cues.
Market reaction
- DXY: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- USDJPY: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- US10Y: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- FX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
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Scenarios
- Two-way reaction likely until the market digests the data surprise vs forecast.
- Whipsaw risk is elevated inside the first 15–60 minutes after release.
- For XAUUSD, map USD/rate impulse first, then confirm direction on M15 structure.
Watch factors
- Actual vs forecast surprise (priced-in risk)
- USD / yields impulse if macro-sensitive
- Liquidity and spread during the news window
- Follow-through after T+15m / T+60m
- Relative reaction in usd
- Relative reaction in jpy
- Relative reaction in bonds
- Relative reaction in forex
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