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Producer Inflation Slows To 1.7% Yearly In August, Jobless Claims Align With Expectations
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 8:44am | 387Price pressures faced by U.S. producers eased in August, marking the slowest year-over-year increase since February in data released Thursday. The headline Producer Price Index (PPI) showed sharper-than-anticipated deceleration, while core inflation remained stable. The report mirrored the...
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Biden Administration Says Unemployment Is Low — But Do Americans See It That Way?
Saturday, September 7, 2024 - 12:45pm | 602In August, the Biden administration reported a drop in the unemployment rate to 4.2%, indicating that the labor market remains resilient despite weaker-than-expected employment growth. This has tempered expectations for a major Federal Reserve rate cut this month. However, rising public skepticism...
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Treasury Yields Plunge, TLT ETF Tops $100, VIX Spikes As 50-Basis-Point Rate Cut Odds Soar In Response To Jobs Data
Friday, September 6, 2024 - 11:52am | 764The U.S. Treasury market rallied sharply on Friday after August labor data showed weaker-than-expected job growth, bolstering bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The U.S. economy added 142,000 nonfarm payrolls last month, an increase from 89,000 in July but missing the expected increase to...
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Wall Street Sighs In Relief As August Jobs Numbers Ease Recession Fears: Small Caps Outperform, Dollar Trims Weekly Losses
Friday, September 6, 2024 - 10:03am | 494Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief Friday after the August jobs report signaled economic resilience, calming recession fears that had escalated following weak labor data in July and earlier this week. The U.S. economy added 142,000 nonfarm payrolls in August, up from the previous month's...
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Job Creation Falls Short Of Expectations In August, Unemployment Rate Ticks Lower, Wage Growth Soars
Friday, September 6, 2024 - 8:39am | 421Signs of a cooling U.S. labor market eased in the government's Friday August jobs report, tempering recession fears that had intensified in July and earlier this week. In August, the U.S. economy added 142,000 nonfarm payrolls, signaling a sharp improvement from July’s downwardly revised 89,...
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Fed Rate Cut of 0.5% 'Wouldn't Be A Surprise' After Private Payrolls Fall Short, Economist Says
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 11:16am | 563The August payroll report from ADP Thursday is tipping odds toward a 0.5% rate cut by the Federal Reserve two weeks from now, according to economists. The report said 99,000 jobs were added in August — down from 140,000 expected — and reflects the fifth straight month of slowing private payroll...
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Gold Rallies, Yen Surges, Treasury Yields Fall As Disappointing Payrolls Data Supports Large Rate-Cut Bets
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 9:23am | 571Lower-than-expected private employment growth in August triggered positive reactions Thursday in interest rate-sensitive assets like gold and the Japanese yen, while pushing Treasury yields lower as traders bolster their bets on a 50-basis-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve this month. U.S....
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Private Employment Grows By 99,000 In August, Sharply Misses Forecasts Of 140,000: 'The Labor Market Overall Is Softening'
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 8:27am | 525Private sector job growth cooled August compared to the previous month and came in at a substantially slower pace than economists estimated. U.S. private employers added 99,000 jobs in August, a decline from the downwardly revised 111,000 in July, and falling short of the anticipated 140,000. The...
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Could August Jobs Numbers Keep Recession Fears At Bay? 'This Time Is Different,' Analyst Says
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 4:09pm | 721The August jobs report is the week's most anticipated economic release as investors closely watch for signs of a rebound in the U.S. labor market following the recession-like figures seen in July. The Employment Situation report for July revealed a significant slowdown in job creation, with total...
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July Job Openings Fall To 3-Year Lows, Gap With Unemployment Narrows To Near Parity: Traders Raise Rate Cut Bets
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 10:36am | 580Employment vacancies in the United States dropped sharply in July, hitting the lowest level in over three years and signaling a significant cooling in the labor market. Job openings fell to 7.673 million in July, down from a downwardly revised 7.91 million in June, according to the latest official...
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GDP Data Shows Economy 'In Good Shape,' Job Market 'Key' For Rest Of 2024: Economists
Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 11:47am | 620Thursday’s revised gross domestic product figure was a clear indication the U.S. economy is faring pretty well, according to an economist. “The GDP revisions show the U.S. economy was in good shape in mid-2024,” Bill Adams, chief economist for Comerica Bank, said Thursday. “...
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US Dollar, Oil Prices, Tech Stocks Rise As GDP Roars By 3% In Q2; Bonds, Yen Slip As Bets For Large Rate Cuts Ease
Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 10:21am | 746The U.S. dollar, oil prices and tech stocks surged Thursday following an upward revision of the second-quarter real gross domestic product growth to 3%, signaling the continued strength of the U.S. economy. More defensive assets like bonds and the Japanese yen fell as expectations for interest rate...
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US Economy Expands By 3% In Q2, Surpasses Earlier Estimates; Jobless Claims Little Moved Last Week (CORRECTED)
Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 8:57am | 540Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the consumer spending figure from the second-quarter GDP report and to state that weekly jobless claims saw an improvement, rather than a cooling in labor market conditions. The U.S. economy expanded by a robust 3% in the second quarter,...
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Weaker-Than-Expected Job Market 'Could Pave Way' For Fed Rate Cut of 0.5%: Economist (CORRECTED)
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 2:04pm | 553Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a reference to January 2025 in comments from Comerica Bank’s chief economist. The Federal Reserve has every reason to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September since the U.S. revised its jobs report, according to...
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US Economy Adds 818,000 Fewer Jobs Than Initially Reported: Urgency For Interest Rate Cuts Grows Further
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:59am | 477The U.S. economy experienced a downward revision of 818,000 non-farm payrolls between April 2023 and March 2024, according to government data released Wednesday. This adjustment represents a 0.5% decrease in overall job gains for the year, a greater fall than major U.S. investment banks like...