Jobs report smashes forecasts as red hot labor market confounds Wall Street

Earlier this week, payroll-processing group ADP said private-sector hiring improved to around 184,000 last month, well ahead of Wall Street's 140,000 forecast. Wage gains for job switchers surged to ... Read More

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground following surprisingly strong US jobs report

Stocks ended solidly higher and bond yields rose Friday as Wall Street welcomed a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report ... “As long as the market gets one or two cuts and the Fed doesn't ... Read More

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

Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal, on average, look for nonfarm payrolls to show a rise of 200,000 in March, with the unemployment rate expected to tick down from 3.9% to 3.8%. Growth in ... Read More

Stock market today: Wall Street edges toward record high ahead of Friday's jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging higher Thursday and climbing back toward record heights, as Wall Street makes its final moves ahead of a jobs report that could shake the market on Friday. Read More

Jobs Report

indicating a healthy jobs market even with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 3.9%. U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs in February, backing up the robust economy touted by President Joe ... Read More

Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips Ahead of Jobs Report

Stocks were slipping in afternoon trading ahead of the monthly jobs report ... for the Fed to take our time” and that “no one wants inflation to reemerge.” Fed Chair Jerome Powell on ... Read More

What You Need Know Ahead of Friday's Closely Watched Monthly US Jobs Report

The labor market ... report on employment Friday, it’s expected to show the economy gained 200,000 jobs, according to a survey of economists by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. Read More

What to expect from the March jobs report

The March jobs report ... market has remained historically tight over the past year, defying economists' expectations for a slowdown. Economists say it is beginning to slow after last year's ... Read More

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

Friday is jobs-report ... market rally that’s faltered this week as investors assess the likelihood of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve later this year. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street ... Read More