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Mark Vickery

New Jobless Claims Lower: 222K; Powell Starts Q&A

This is the lowest weekly initial jobless claims level since the 202K we saw back ahead of Memorial Day.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Helping the Fed Thread the Needle: 315K, 3.7%

The Unemployment Rate bumped up 20 basis points (bps) to 3.7%, but this is off levels not seen in 50 years.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Buoy into the Green Ahead of Jobs Report

Two of the main market indices ended their four-day losing streak today, on what appears to be a technical rally.

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Bryan Hayes

Adjusting Your Trading Strategy During Volatile Markets

Traders who are able to adapt their strategies to the volatility can still reap substantial profits.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Reaches +132K Under New System; Pre-Markets Up

A total of 132K private-sector jobs missed the consensus around 300K, and is the second-straight lower month from June's 380K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sink Lower Ahead of Big Data Week

Nine of 11 sectors of the S&P were down, with only Energy and Utilities in the green.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Down, Q2 GDP Improves to -0.6%

Overall, results are good, and have taken pre-market futures from slightly in the green to another slight step more into the green.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed Both Better than Expected

Both Initial Jobless Claims and a major regional manufacturing survey beat expectations this morning.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Falls in July; Jobless Claims Keep Creeping Up

Final PPI on headline dropped notably to -0.5% month over month, down from the +0.2% analysts were looking for and the downwardly revised +1.0% for June.

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Mark Vickery

Q2 GDP -0.9%, So We're in a Recession... Right?

It's a back-of-the-envelope calculation, this notion that two negative-growth quarters in a row constitutes a recession, but analysts are hesitating in real time to paste the "big R" onto our current economic condition.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: ManpowerGroup (MAN)

Is the global job market slowing?

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Gain +372K, Unemployment 3.6%

What kind of recession brings in 380K new jobs per month over the past four months?

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Mark Vickery

Markets Gain Ahead of Friday's Big Jobs Report

Job growth is expected to slow to around a quarter-million new jobs filled per month, down from the half-million-plus we'd been seeing.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Creeping Up: 235K Last Week

235K marks the fifth straight week at or above 230K new jobless claims.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flat Ahead of Manufacturing, JOLTS, Fed Minutes

The Nasdaq, which had been up 2% for part of the day yesterday, is a smidge in the green this morning, while the S&P 500 is exactly unched at this hour.

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John Blank

Time to Buy Chinese Large Caps? Global Week Ahead

With officials pledging support for markets and the economy, and easing their tech sector crackdowns, investment banks are again rushing to slap Buy labels on Chinese shares.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Start Short Week in the Red

Lots of data coming out this week, and a positive outlook on China, may have a positive effect on market sentiment.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Mostly In-Line, Consumption Shrinks

While Personal Income gained +0.5% as expected, Real Personal Consumption posted a big drop-off.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Tick Up Again; Current Account Deficit Worse

Over the past 12 weeks, we are averaging 203K new jobless claims, but over the past four weeks that number is now 223K.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Re-Think Fed Decision, Fall Again

Gains made ahead of Wednesday's close have all been given back before the open on Thursday.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Hikes Rates 75bps, Market Swings into Green

It's the first time the Fed has moved rates 0.75% higher since Nirvana and Tupac were topping the charts.

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Mark Vickery

Initial Jobless Claims Up to January Levels: 229K

Anything below 250K is still consistent with a strong labor market overall.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down on Goldilocks Jobs Numbers: 390K, 3.6%

The headline number was a nice increase above the 330K expected, although revisions to the previous two months give back a few.

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Kevin Cook

Bull of the Day: Paycom Software (PAYC)

Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran loves the HR app that empowers and engages employees

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs Disappoint at +128K; Small Businesses Negative

128K new jobs in the private sector created last month was less than half the 300K expected.

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