The stock market is taking a hot March jobs report in stride: Here’s why.

March jobs report ... 2024 high near 4.43% set earlier this week. The good news on jobs ”is bad news for the bond market” because ” it makes the Fed’s propensity to cut sooner and more ... Read More

March jobs-report forecast: 200,000 new jobs and a 3.8% unemployment rate

The Fed itself does not think the jobless rate will go much above 4% even if ... for the Fed to cut interest rates this year. Markets could react positively. A strong jobs report, on the other ... Read More

High-stakes jobs report has stock-market investors on edge. Here’s why.

Friday is jobs-report day. That means stakes are high for ... Growth in hourly wages is expected to slow to a year-over-year rate of 4.1%, from 4.3% in February. Barron's: These Stocks Moved ... Read More

Barclays preparing to cut hundreds of investment-banking jobs: report

Barclays is preparing to cut hundreds ... told MarketWatch. Shares in Barclays BARC, +0.38% increased 3% on Thursday, having risen 29% over the previous 12 months. The job cuts come amid ... Read More

Stock rally, rate-cut forecasts face test from Powell testimony and jobs report

The first is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s semiannual testimony to Congress on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by Friday’s official jobs report for February. No major U.S. data is ... Read More

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Stellantis Aims to Cut More Than 3,000 Jobs in Italy, Union Says

Stellantis is ready to cut more than 3,000 jobs in Italy, a local union says ... with buyouts of weight-loss drug companies. Here are 4 candidates. Nvidia is the No. 1 S&P 500 growth stock ... Read More

When Is the Next Jobs Report?

"When is the next jobs report" isn't usually a burning question ... But in the upside-down world of the post-pandemic recovery, bad news on the jobs front is good news for stocks. Read More

10-, 30-year Treasury yields end at highest levels since late November after blowout jobs report

Rates on U.S. government debt jumped on Friday, pushing 10- and 30-year Treasury yields back to their highest levels since late November, after data showed the economy created far more jobs than ... Read More

Barclays preparing to cut hundreds of investment-banking jobs: report

Barclays is readying itself to slash hundreds of jobs in its investment-banking division, in line with long-running efforts to boost profits and cut costs following a terrible year for dealmakers ... Read More

Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said more than 300,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. America’s employers delivered another ... Read More