Stocks fall, dollar and Treasury yields edge down
The number of Americans filing for for unemployment benefits last week jumped to their highest level in a year, a possible ...
The number of people filing for weekly unemployment benefits for the first time dipped to a seasonally adjusted 218,000, its ...
At the same time, jobless claims, a measure of layoffs, have remained low. The Federal Reserve made a sizable half-percentage-point cut in its policy interest rate on Wednesday, in part to keep ...
Continuing claims fell between the August and September survey week. The jobless rate slipped to 4.2% in August after rising to 4.3% in July. The increase in the unemployment rate from 3.4% in ...
Jobless claims of 219,000 declined by 12,000 from the previous week, according to the Labor Department. Economists surveyed by FactSet were expecting claims of 230,000.
Indexes fell Thursday on rising risks to oil supplies amid escalating Middle East tensions and as traders braced for Friday's ...
The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department ... "With mortgage rates closing in on 6% and likely to fall further in response to an aggressive pace of Fed rate cuts, we think more ...
Stocks fell after data showed hotter-than-expected inflation and a slowdown in the labor market, highlighting the Federal Reserve’s challenges after it started bringing rates down last month.
Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images Initial jobless claims dropped from the prior week to 219,000, surprising economists who forecasted that new unemployment filings would be larger.
Hotter-than-expected inflation & jump in jobless claims weigh on stocks. Tech & consumer discretionary down, utilities up.
