Stock Market Today: Stocks higher with jobs data, Powell remarks in focus

Continue reading That has put both this week's job data ... in sharp focus. Solid employment data that doesn't stoke inflation concerns could keep the Fed on track for its end-of-year rate ... Read More

Jobs Report: Fed Rate-Cut Odds Jump As Hiring Stalls Amid Strike, Hurricane; S&P 500 Rises

The October jobs report showed that payroll gains nearly ground to a halt, far worse than expected, amid the ongoing Boeing strike and a hit from Hurricane Milton. Unemployment moved higher, but ... Read More

Jobs, inflation, and the Fed: How they're all related

A hot job market is usually good news for workers ... Stockwell said. But as inflation cooled off, the Fed’s goal of full employment has come into greater focus. Federal Reserve Board Chair ... Read More

Jobs report shows hiring surge as Fed weighs interest rate cut

U.S. hiring has defied doomsayers for years. Stubborn inflation ... higher than the Fed’s target of 2%. The jobs report marks one of the last pieces of significant economic data before the ... Read More

Jobs report shows hiring surge as Fed weighs interest rate cut

U.S. hiring ... spending. Inflation has slowed dramatically from a peak of more than 9% in June 2022, but price increases remain slightly higher than the Fed’s target of 2%. The jobs report ... Read More