Wages rise at slowest pace in five years. Still above Fed target, but trend is improving.
Average hourly pay rose again in March as government data showed wages are still running somewhat above prepandemic levels. But the trend is far less worrisome. Hourly wages advanced 0.3% last month.
February and January job gains reduced, but the trend not so bad in the short run
Taking a bit of shine off a strong 228,000 increase in March in new jobs was a reduction in employment growth in the first two months of the year. Job gains in February were lowered to 117,000 from ...
Tesla’s stock is getting caught in the crosshairs of the Trump-China trade war
Tesla’s stock sinks toward another weekly loss, the 10th in the past 11 weeks after China retaliates against Trump with new ...
Jobs report provides only some 'calm before the storm hits,' strategists say
Friday's jobs report will give investors only a bit of a reprieve from a "policy-driven shock" facing markets, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management. "The market ...
Bonds Rally as Investors Seek Safety From Tariff Turmoil -- Update
The 10-year Treasury yield dropped to its lowest in six months at 3.867%, having slipped below 4% in overnight trade. It last traded 13 basis points lower at 3.929%, according to Tradeweb. European ...
Market was always going to de-emphasize a strong jobs report: analyst
The market was never going to applaud a strong jobs report as much as it would have worried about a weak reading, said Vail Hartman, an analyst with the U.S. rates strategy team at BMO Capital Markets ...
Strong March payrolls could inspire some dip-buying on Friday: Interactive Brokers
Just as U.S. stocks were tumbling into oversold territory, Friday's surprisingly strong jobs report has arrived. And it could inspire a wave of dip-buying heading into the weekend, one economist said.
March jobs report: Economy adds surprise 228,000 jobs. Going into tariff uncertainty, labor market was strong.
The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in March in a surprise to the upside as the unemployment rate rose a tick. Economists had ...
Treasury yields pare big drop as investors assess U.S. jobs report
Treasury yields were paring their big drop on Friday morning, as investors weighed fresh data showing the U.S. economy added more jobs in March than forecast while the unemployment rate rose slightly.
Oil price plunges 9% as tariffs and surge in supply slam market
It’s been nothing but bearish news for oil traders this week, with a rout for crude intensifying Friday morning after China ...
Chinese Regulator Launches Antimonopoly Probe Into DuPont China
China's market regulator said Friday that it launched an antimonopoly probe into DuPont's China operations, the latest in a slew of retaliatory measures from Beijing following President Trump's ...
China's Market Regulator SAMR Launches Anti-Monopoly Probe Into DuPont China
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