Stock Market News: Dow Set to Open Lower
U.S. stocks were edging lower on Friday, as investors waited on a monthly jobs number that could help determine if the Federal Reserve has any scope to cut interest rates this year.
Wildfires, snow and holiday shopping. Here’s what likely influenced Friday’s jobs numbers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the January jobs report at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday; and, by and large, economists expect that job gains continued to slow to pre-pandemic norms but remained ...
January Jobs Report: What to Watch in the Release
Economists are betting that 2025 kicked off with cooler levels of job growth. But overall stable labor conditions should keep ...
Jobless Benefit Claims Rose, But Layoffs Remain Relatively Low
Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered representative of layoffs. The four-week average, which evens out ...
The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge heated up again
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved even higher in December, driven in part by rising food and energy prices. However, a closely watched measurement of underlying inflation trends ...
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Honeywell Stock Drops on Company Split, 2025 Guidance
Honeywell International (HON) stock is falling after the company announced plans to split into three separate divisions and a ...
The WSJ Dollar Index Flat at 101.8
The WSJ Dollar Index is up 0.01 point or 0.01% today to 101.77 –Largest one-day point and percentage gain since Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 —Snaps a three-trading-day losing streak –Off 3.21% from its ...
The stock market is climbing a ‘wall of worry’ with no trouble this year — but can it continue?
A tariff tantrum. DeepSeek’s deep impact. The Philadelphia Eagles’ return to the Super Bowl. Investors have seen plenty to ...
Donald Trump is just one of the Fed’s problems
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell faces four challenges at once, all of them daunting.