Stocks Increase and Treasury Yields Drop as Jobs Report Strengthens Rate-Cut Hopes; S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq Reach All-Time Highs.
Employment reports indicate ongoing labor market decline 24 minutes ago The US economy experienced an addition of just 22,000 jobs in August, a significant drop from July’s figure of 79,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This number came in below the anticipated 75,000 jobs projected by many economists. Additionally, the unemployment rate edged […]
Stocks Drop, US Yields Top 4% as Rate-Cut Bets Ebb: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Stocks fell and major Treasury yields rose above 4% after solid U.S. economic data undercut bets that the Federal Reserve will cut deep interest rates next month. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg S&P 500 contracts fell 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.5%. Borrowing costs for 10-year U.S. Treasuries rose above 4% for […]
Dollar gains as Powell pushes back on jumbo rate-cut bets By Reuters – Investing.com
Written by Amanda Cooper and Brigid Riley LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar rose broadly on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pushed back on expectations of another huge interest rate cut. After two volatile days, the yen has stabilized near the mid-range against the dollar over the past month as traders assess the future […]
Dollar tentative, yen dips on muddled Fed rate-cut outlook – Yahoo Finance
By Ray Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar remained in a narrow range on Monday while the yen pared some safe-haven gains as investors remained undecided about the size of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut expected later this month and looked to U.S. inflation data due this week for further clues. The highly […]
Futures turn negative after hot PPI data douses rate-cut bets – Yahoo Finance
Medha Singh and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – Wall Street got off to a subdued start on Friday as investors digested mixed earnings from big banks, while a slightly better-than-expected producer price index helped temper expectations that the Federal Reserve will start easing interest rates in September. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s second-quarter profit rose on higher […]