افزایش نرخ بیکاری آمریکا به 5.5? که از سال 1986 تا کنون بیسابقه بوده است ، باعث افزایش طلا و نقره و کاهش ارزش دلار در مقابل یورو گردید.
Gold, Silver Rise as U.S. Jobless Rate Climbs, Dollar Weakens
By Millie Munshi
June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Gold jumped the most in three weeks after the U.S. jobless rate had the biggest gain in more than two decades, spurring a drop in the dollar. Silver rose.
The unemployment rate increased to 5.5 percent in May from 5 percent in April, marking the biggest increase since February 1986, the Labor Department said today. The dollar dropped as much as 0.7 percent against the euro. Before today, gold gained 30 percent in the past 12 months as a slump by the dollar boosted demand for the metal as an inflation hedge.
``The dollar is much weaker, and that"s what is creating the bounce in the market,"" said Leonard Kaplan, president of Prospector Asset Management in Evanston, Illinois.
Gold futures for August delivery rose $14.20, or 1.6 percent, to $889.70 an ounce at 9:12 a.m. on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. A close at that price would be the biggest gain for a most-active contract since May 16.
Silver futures for July delivery advanced 11 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $17.28 an ounce. Before today, the metal rose 24 percent in the past year.
To contact the reporter on this story: Millie Munshi in New York at mmunshi@bloomberg.net.
