The June jobs report is expected to show hiring slowed while the unemployment rate moved higher. The data’s release will come as investors closely watch for any further signs of slowing in the US labor market amid growing debate over when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next. Read more: How the Fed rate…
The major averages were sharply lower again near noon, continuing yesterday’s post-tariff slide. China has retaliated with additional tariffs of 34% on all U.S. goods a day after the Trump administration imposed its own sweeping levies. Meanwhile, the latest U.S. jobs data show that nonfarm payrolls rose by a higher-than-forecast 228,000 jobs, though the unemployment…
The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite saw significant losses this week as investor sentiment soured over escalating trade policy actions and signs of economic weakness. While markets attempted a recovery on Friday, they still posted their worst weekly performance in several months, according to CNBC. The S&P 500 rose 0.55% to…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With next week’s U.S. election now dominating thinking, the last two megacap earnings reports of the week appear to have calmed the stock market somewhat and a potentially noisy October payrolls report is up next. Amazon and Apple got different market…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely maintained a moderate pace of job growth in September while the unemployment rate is expected to have held steady at 4.2%, which would further reduce the need for the Federal Reserve to deliver large interest rate cuts in its final two meetings of the year….