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A strong jobs report hints at a healthy labor market, while simultaneously bolstering the case for an interest rate hike at the Fed's meeting later this month.

Stocks were in the red on Friday, but they weren't that low given the scale of the jobs report strength relative to consensus estimates. Second, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has been clear that he's not putting too much weight in individual reports. Investors are likely shifting focus to next week's inflation reports.

The Dow dropped 226 points and Bitcoin erased some of its gains after August payrolls tripled estimates, pushing September rate-hike odds to 58%.

President Donald Trump reacted Friday to the hotter-than-expected August nonfarm payrolls report by threatening to halt trade with countries running trade surpluses with the U.S., unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple the consensus of 56,000, and July’s reported loss of 23,000 was revised to a gain of 21,000. Food services and local government education accounted for about 62% of the total headline gain. “Great jobs number

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.16% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.28%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.138%, and September E-mini...

Stocks rose after the monthly jobs report

Jeffrey Rosenberg, portfolio manager of the systematic multi-strategy fund at BlackRock, says a 25 basis-point rate hike would not be a big issue for risk assets. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were muted at the open on Friday after a stronger-than-expected jobs reading prompted investors to amplify bets the Federal Reserve could hike interest

Stocks pulled back after the August jobs report came in stronger than expected. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.2%, or 119 points. The Nasdaq Composite was flat. Meanwhile, Treasury yields rose on the release.

Jeffrey Rosenberg, portfolio manager of the systematic multi-strategy fund at BlackRock, says the August US employment report is much more about inflation and Federal Reserve monetary policy. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

US equity markets were mostly tracking lower before the opening bell Friday as investors parsed a st

Today's jobs report showed a surprisingly large payroll gain and steady unemployment rate. Although the focus is on inflation and next week's key reports, August labor market data could be a tie-breaker influencing the outcome of the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16 policy update. S&P 500 futures slipped modestly after the jobs report.

With the U.S. economy gaining 162,000 jobs in August and unemployment remaining on a steady course, Fed officials won't need to worry as much about labor conditions when weighing the possibility of raising interest rates later this month. If August's jobs growth had been weak again, it might have raised concerns that the economy wasn't strong enough for higher interest rates.

Bitcoin (COIN:BTCUSD) rose sharply on Friday, extending its recent gains as expectations for a near-term U. S.

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The Fed’s keeping a close eye on the jobs report, stock futures rise, and AMC is the biggest riser after a CEO spat.

Nasdaq-100 futures led modest gains Friday morning as economists expected 53,000 jobs added last month

This week was a dramatic one for bond yields. Yields took another step down yesterday after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support holding interest rates steady if August inflation data supports it.

President Trump’s tariff and electric-vehicle policies are colliding with Volkswagen’s plans for the large and lucrative U.S. market. The WSJ’s Stephen Wilmot reports that Volkswagen is shaking up its U.S. leadership for the second time in two years as the world’s second-largest carmaker aims to revive its American business. Veteran executive Marco Schubert will take over Volkswagen’s business in North America in October.

Job openings just hit their highest level since May, yet something is quietly vanishing from payrolls that the 4.1% unemployment rate is not built to detect.

September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.51% this morning, led by advances in chip and other AI-linked shares, while investors await the key U.S. jobs report for fresh clues on the Fed’s interest-rate path.

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 and the benchmark S&P 500 indexes rose on Friday ahead of jobs data that could test the recent momentum in equities.

↗️ Volkswagen (XE:VOW3): Shares jumped 6% after the German automaker’s supervisory board approved a plan to double job losses to 100,000 and halve its model portfolio as it contends with President Trump’s tariffs and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers.

U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, while wage growth continued to lag inflation

U. S. stock futures were little changed on Friday as investors awaited the August nonfarm payrolls report and assessed comments from Federal Reserve officials on the interest-rate outlook.

The all-stock deal remains subject to state and federal approvals, with completion still expected in H2 2027.

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits remained ‘bearish’ on SPY and flipped to ‘bullish’ on QQQ.

Although headline inflation is projected to decline, a far more important price-change measure is predicted to reaccelerate.

All eyes were on the August jobs report for clues about the health of the labor market and whether the data could tip Fed interest rate bets one way or the other.