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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 ...
Gold futures were rising as investors awaited crucial U.S. economic data. Futures were up 0.2% at $3,354.90 a troy ounce. The ...
The British pound and U.K. government bonds were paring back some of their losses on Thursday, having tumbled the previous ...
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 pace of wage growth slowed in June after a surprisingly robust showing in May. Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2% month over month in June, the BLS ...
Investors were feeling zen on Thursday ahead of monthly jobs data that will give the market a better sense of how tariffs are ...
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 ...
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the value of the dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, rose sharply in response to stronger-than-expected labor market data this morning. It moved as ...
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.
After hitting a peak in early June, initial jobless claims have been sliding in recent weeks, and that continued to be the case at the end of last month. About 233,000 new unemployment insurance ...
Traders are fleeing any remaining bets on the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates on July 30. Odds of a July rate cut sank to 4.7% on Thursday after the June jobs report came in stronger than ...