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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% ...
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 ...
Investors were feeling zen on Thursday ahead of monthly jobs data that will give the market a better sense of how tariffs are ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 number of Americans who newly filed for unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a welcome sign of strength in June's labor market as job growth exceeded ...
Most of the updates to monthly jobs growth have been in the form of downward revisions so far this year, but the BLS added a combined 16,000 payrolls to its April and May estimates. May’s payroll ...
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 ...