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The U.S. labor market remained a bright spot in the economy last month despite mounting talks of a recession, data from the Labor Department showed Friday. Here are the key numbers from Friday’s report: Non-farm payrolls: +372,000 vs. +268,000 expected and a revised +384,000 in May Unemployment rate: 3.6% vs. 3.6% expected and 3.6% in May Average hourly earnings, month-over-month: +0.3% vs. +0.3% expected and a revised +0.4% in May Average hourly earnings, year-over-year: +5.1% vs. +5.0%… Source link

Mortgage rates pulled back this week, a well-needed pause for price-stricken homebuyers. The rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage retreated to 5.70% this week — down from 5.81% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. Still, rates recently tracked up a whopping 72 basis points within a three-week period, remaining nearly two-and-a-half percent points higher than at the start of the year. The rapid surge in borrowing costs rattled first-time buyers who are seeing their affordability decline… Source link

The U.S. Federal Reserve risks weak economic growth throughout this year due to its backward-looking, “draconian” rate hikes, warned Wall Street’s best-known tech sector bull. ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood, who became famous for her prescient bets on disruptive technologies led by companies such as Tesla, argued the Fed must temper its policy given leading economic indicators were flashing red. These included speculative bets indicating an expectation for rising bankruptcies via… Source link

Yahoo Finance senior columnist Rick Newman discusses recent economic news including the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hike, the S&P seeing its worst week since March 2020 and President Joe Biden’s statement that a recession is “not inevitable.” This segment aired on KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News on June 18, 2022. Close Modal Suggest a Correction Suggest a Correction Source link

The Federal Reserve, led by Jerome Powell, raised interest rates earlier this month.Samuel Corum/Getty Images A “stubborn” Federal Reserve has increased the likelihood of a prolonged recession, according to Axonic Capital’s Peter Cecchini.  That’s because the Fed could cause economic whiplash that leads it to cutting interest rates sooner than expected. “The 1970’s drawdown scenario of almost 50% for the S&P 500 is becoming all the more likely,” Cecchini said. The Federal Reserve’s decision to… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Analysts increasingly see a recession looming in the US following the Federal Reserve’s biggest increase in interest rates since 1994 and signs of weaker consumer spending. Most Read from Bloomberg The Fed hiked its policy rate by 75 basis points Wednesday to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as officials intensified their battle against inflation that’s remained stubbornly high. Wells Fargo & Co. now forecasts a “mild recession” starting in mid-2023, as inflation becomes more… Source link

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by 0.75%, the largest move it has made in a single meeting since 1994. The central bank messaged that further interest rate hikes will come this year, as the Fed leans on higher borrowing costs to dampen demand and work to slow faster-than-expected inflation. “Overall economic activity appears to have picked up after edging down in the first quarter,” the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement, repeating its… Source link

U.S. stock futures traded sharply lower Monday morning, with traders betting a fresh decades-high print on inflation will force the Federal Reserve to get even more aggressive than previously anticipated to help ease rising prices. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 slid more than 2% and touched the lowest levels since November 2020 during the overnight session. Dow futures sank by more than 500 points, or about 1.7%. Treasury yields rose across the curve, and the benchmark 10-year yield… Source link

U.S. stocks slid Friday to close the week lower as investors weighed May jobs data that likely gave Fed policymakers a signal labor market conditions can weather a more aggressive rate hiking cycle. Friday’s sell-off was led by tech stocks, with the Nasdaq Composite falling 2.5%. The S&P 500 fell 1.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 350 points, or 1%. Treasury yields rose following Friday’s jobs data, with the yield on 10-year Treasury jumping as much as 7 basis points to just… Source link

With inflation surging and pandemic-related stimulus rolling off the books, U.S. savers are under pressure. In April, the U.S. personal savings rate fell to 4.4%, the lowest since September 2008, according to data from the Commerce Department published Friday. “In a typical cycle, a sharp drop in the saving rate would be a warning sign about the sustainability of spending,” Wells Fargo economists led by Tim Quinlan wrote in a note published earlier this week. “Because balance sheets are in such… Source link