Jobs News Apple And Amazon Earnings, Fed Rate Decision, Jobs Data, And More To Watch This Week

Fed rate cut odds collapse 60% after missing jobs data

A key Polymarket contract tracking the Federal Reserve’s December rate decision has seen its probability of a cut plunge from nearly 90% in late October to just about 30% today, as traders grapple ... Read More

What to Expect in Markets This Week: Fed Interest-Rate Decision; Earnings From Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet

A Federal Reserve interest rate decision and a string of Magnificent Seven earnings are among the coming week's top events for investors, who will also continue to monitor the effects of the ... Read More

Delayed jobs report ‘definitely complicates’ rate cut decision, Chicago Fed president says

Job growth was better than expected in September with the best job gains since April, according to the delayed government report. But key data is still missing, and questions remain about the strength ... Read More

September Jobs Report Injects More Uncertainty Into Fed’s December Decision

Policymakers at the central bank are at odds over the need to cut interest rates for a third straight meeting, as inflation picks up again and the labor market slows down. Read More

September’s Mixed Jobs Report Complicates Fed’s December Rate Decision

The much-delayed September jobs data didn’t provide much clarity on the trajectory of the labor market heading into the government shutdown—further complicating the Fed’s final interest-rate decision ... Read More

'Stale' September jobs data is mixed news for a divided Fed

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in September, but a rise in the unemployment rate and downward revisions to prior months still presented an ambiguous picture for Federal Reserve ... Read More

The Stock Market Faces Make-or-Break Tests: The Fed's Interest-Rate Decision and Earnings From Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft

The S&P 500 has been in a bull market for more than three years, but the stock market could stumble, depending on the outcome of several important events this week. The Federal Reserve will announce ... Read More

The Week Ahead: Tech Earnings, Interest Rate Decision

Plenty of key economic indicators are due out next week, but it's unclear whether or not investors will be able to sift through them due to the government shutdown, which is now on its fourth week. Read More

Why the Fed’s Next Interest Rate Move Is Becoming So Hard to Predict

What should the Fed do to fight high inflation while preventing the job market from collapsing? Ask its 12 leaders and you'll get 12 different answers. Read More

Uptick in planned job cuts in focus ahead of Fed's rate decision

The Federal Reserve's recent focus on preventing further weakness in the labor market has Wall Street keeping close tabs on new plans by companies to trim headcount. Kent Engelke, chief economic ... Read More