Stock Traders No Longer Fear Inflation as Jobs Take Spotlight

Wall Street trading desks expect a hot inflation print when the consumer price index hits Thursday, but they aren’t preparing for a big reaction from stocks with jobs dominating the market narrative. Read More

Major Wall Street firm reveals inflation forecast ahead of CPI this week

Bank of America isn't alone in thinking that August's CPI inflation will be higher than July's. The Wall Street consensus estimate also expects headline CPI to rise 2.9% year over year. If you strip ... Read More

Stocks wobble as Wall Street wrangles with whether the job market is too weak

U.S. stocks wobbled lower as Wall Street questioned whether the U.S. job market has slowed by just enough to get the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help the economy, or by so much that a ... Read More

Wall Street indexes end lower as jobs data fuels economic worries

U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as investors weighed economic worries against optimism over interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve after data showed U.S. job growth weakened sharply in ... Read More

Wall Street Reacts to Jobs Report: Bigger Rate Cuts ‘Now in Play’

Friday’s employment report was weaker than expected. That’s raising hopes on Wall Street that bigger rate cuts from the Fed [are back on the table]( ... Read More

Wall Street inches higher before the bell ahead of critical jobs data release this week

Wall Street inched higher ahead of new jobs data this week that could influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy decision later this month. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each rose ... Read More