Stocks and bonds declined in response to much better-than-expected job growth. This week's CPI report could further pressure ...
Employers added 256,000 jobs in December despite uncertainty over President-elect Donald Trump's policies. Unemployment ...
"Markets tried to front-run the Fed on the level of interest rates and are now paying the price," Jamie Cox of Harris Financial Group said.
In 2024, job growth continued to cool off, settling back into a familiar gait that was roughly in line with the pace of job creation in 2010-2019.
A recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may gain even more momentum after a strong jobs report reinforced expectations that ...
Payrolls: 256,000 jobs added in December vs. 153,000 expected, according to economists surveyed by FactSet. Unemployment rate: 4.1%, down from 4.2% in November. Revisions: October ...
And December’s Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics – the last one of Joe Biden’s presidency – emphatically put ...
US stocks slid Friday as investors digested a better-than-expected jobs report that soured expectations of future rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The Dow dropped by nearly 700 points, or 1.6%; ...
“Mortgage rates ticked up for the fifth consecutive week and crossed 7% for the first time since May of 2024,” says Sam ...
(Whitney Curtis for WSJ) A rate cut from the Federal Reserve was already very unlikely this month, and the December jobs report slammed the door shut on any such prospect. Fed officials began cutting ...
In the week ahead, a crucial run of labor market data is set to greet investors, with Friday morning's December jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics serving as the week's most important ...