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US stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors looked to data that signaled more cooling in the labor market. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite all traded flat after the gauges closed Tuesday mixed.On Wednesday, fresh signs of softening in the labour market were brought …

The general business activity index in the Dallas Fed’s Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (TMOS) decreased by 1.1 points in October, marking the second consecutive month of declines. However, the production index showed growth in Texas factory activity after four months in negative territory. The capacity utilization index also showed a …

Friday’s awaited report will be the final NFP data immediately before the next Fed meeting in early May, where traders are currently split between expecting a 25bps and a 50bps rate hike.It is like a problematic monetary policy riddle; how can a central bank raise interest rates, but be further …

The US Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its December policy meeting on Wednesday, January 5, at 1900 GMT and investors will look for clues into the rate future. Investors will finally get to know the likely timing of the Fed’s first rate hike with the release of last …

The US Federal Reserve will announce monetary policy decisions and release the updated Summary on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by analysts and researchers of 5 major banks. TDS “The taper pace will likely be doubled to …

November’s NFP data showed an increase in payrolls of 210000, significantly below the 550000 expected. According to Wells Fargo’s analysts, this reading is clear evidence that nonfarm payrolls are below consensus expectations. They add that a slower pace of wage growth may slightly ease some concerns about a wage price …

“All but met,” is the sentence Fed Chair Jerome Powell said about the plan to taper, but the weak NFP numbers may derail the bank from its plan to taper sooner. On Tuesday, three U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers said the economy had recovered enough to begin tapering, reinforcing expectations that …

U.S. jobs rose by 194,000 in September, below economists’ average estimates for a gain of 500,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. But the data was mixed, with August’s jobs number revised upward by 131,000.The combination may give the U.S. Federal Reserve more flexibility after Chair Jerome Powell signaled recently …

U.S. job growth fell to the slowest pace of 2021 in September, as the Delta variant and a persistent shortage of workers restrained the ability of companies to hire or attract more workforce. The U. S. economy created 194,000 jobs in September, the smallest gain since December 2020 and down …