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The resurgence of small-cap stocks continued on Thursday. The Russell 2000 was up 0.6%, on track to close with a gain of 0.4% ...
Investors were feeling zen on Thursday ahead of monthly jobs data that will give the market a better sense of how tariffs are ...
The golden age of government support for clean energy is over. A new fraught era of energy policy has begun.
Not everyone was lining up to celebrate the latest jobs report; Rosenberg Research’s David Rosenberg actually makes the case that beneath the strong headline number, there are signs of cracks in the ...
The British pound and U.K. government bonds were paring back some of their losses on Thursday, having tumbled the previous ...
The bond market is suggesting that the trend higher in yields is going to be sustainable. The yield on a 10-year Treasury note breached the 4.32% level, which was the moving average for the past 200 ...
The stock market was poised to end the holiday-shortened week at record levels after the June payrolls report showed a surprising amount of resilience in the labor market. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%. The ...
Treasury yields rose sharply in response to Thursday's labor market data, suggesting that traders see less reasons for the Federal Reserve to cut rates in July. The 2-year Treasury yield, which is ...
The public sector added 73,000 jobs in June, a surprising gain driven by state and local government hiring. State government payrolls rose by 47,000 last month, driven largely by hiring in education.
Today’s jobs report handed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell exactly what he’s been asking for: time. With June payrolls rising by 147,000, unemployment edging down to 4.1%, and wage growth ...
It’s easy to take June’s robust headline payroll growth and lower unemployment at face value, but the details of Thursday's report do reveal some cooling patterns worth watching in the coming months.
The sectors driving June’s stronger job growth were fairly limited, with the healthcare industry once again leading the pack. Healthcare added 39,000 jobs in June, which is on par with the average ...