Daily Digest Market Movers: Gold price edges higher amid softer US jobs data and rising geopolitical risks

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  • US Secretary of State Tony Blinken told his counterparts from the G7 countries on Sunday that an attack by Iran and Hezbollah against Israel could start as early as Monday, three sources briefed on the call tell Axios.
  • The US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) rose by 114K in July from the previous month of 179K (revised down from 206K), weaker than the expectation of 175K. 
  • The US Unemployment Rate rose to the highest level since November 2021, coming in at 4.3% in July from 4.1% in June. The Average Hourly Earnings rose 0.2% month-over-month in the same reported period, below the market consensus of 0.3%.
  • The marketplace is currently factoring in a nearly 74% chance for a 50 basis-point (bps) cut by the Fed at the September FOMC meeting.
  • Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Friday that the Fed should not overreact to any one month's numbers after the US NFP came in widely under forecasts, but noted that inflation and jobs data have both made significant progress in recent months

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