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‘Trust America’ Trade Under Threat: Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters
A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...
S&P 500 Momentum Reverses As Fed Signals No Rate Cut, Bad Jobs Report
The S&P 500 (SPX) saw its upward momentum reverse during the trading week ending Friday, 1 August 2025. Click to read.
Labor department’s data upset may have sealed the deal for a Fed interest rate cut
Until Friday, analysts had little confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve was about to deliver an interest rate cut, but ...
Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate
Surprisingly weak July hiring data released on Friday highlighted a fractious Federal Reserve debate over whether the central ...
U.S. Job Growth Slowed Sharply, Shifting The Fed's Rate Cut Calculus
U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July and the May and June numbers were revised sharply lower, boosting the chances ...
Job-Market Slowdown Will Test Fed’s Reluctance to Cut Rates
A slowdown in hiring over the last three months could open the door for Federal Reserve officials to entertain [cutting rates ...
Market Rundown: Traders bet on Fed cuts after jobs shock
On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after job growth for May and June was revised ...
Kevin Hassett, a Trump official floated as the next Fed Chair, claimed the jobs report’s revisions shows the numbers are “unreliable.”
President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician ...
US stock futures higher following weak jobs report
Investors are searching for signs that will help them determine if the economy is weakening after a shockingly weak jobs report on Aug. 1.
Fed’s Dissenters Were Worried About Jobs. Now We All Are.
The Federal Reserve released dissenting statements from two officials early Friday morning, revealing internal disagreements ...
Federal Government Shed 12,000 Jobs in July
The U.S. government has lost 84,000 jobs since January as the Trump administration aggressively reduces the work force.
US jobs jolt fans Fed rate cut buzz; rupee to ride dollar slump
The Indian rupee is set to open higher on Monday, riding the dollar's plunge after a weak U.S. jobs data boosted bets that ...