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Cooling Labor Market Strengthens Case for a September Interest Rate Cut
The US labor market saw a sharp contraction in July, adding just 73,000 jobs, falling significantly short of FactSet’s ...
Financials Down on Weak Jobs Data — Financials Roundup
Shares of banks and other financial institutions slid as weak jobs data and a new batch of punitive tariffs weighed on sentiment.
Bovespa Index Ends the Week 0.81% Lower at 132437.39 — Data Talk
The Bovespa Index is down 1086.79 points or 0.81% this week to 132437.39 --Today it is down 633.66 points or 0.48% --Down 1552.35 points or 1.16% over the last two trading days ...
Materials Down After Weak Jobs Data, Copper Rout — Materials Roundup
Producers of metals and other raw materials fell after weak jobs data and tariff moves that caused a plunge for copper prices. Copper futures tumbled 23%, $4.41 per pound, this week for their largest ...
Moody's Raises Dominican Republic's Credit Rating to Ba2
While Moody's expects the Dominican Republic to make progress on revenue collection and reforms, constraints on fiscal strength will likely continue to limit the government's credit profile at the Ba2 ...
Unfavorable LTL Demand Backdrop Will Probably Persist Through 2025 for Old Dominion
Although OD's profitability remained at impressively high levels, its OR deteriorated 140 basis points to 73.4% in 2024. This was due to sluggish underlying demand for most of the year (lost leverage) ...
Energy Down After July Jobs Report — Energy Roundup
Shares of energy companies fell after weaker-than-anticipated July jobs growth. U.S. employers added 73,000 workers to pay rolls, shy of the 100,000 targeted by Wall Street economists. Earlier in the ...
'I have never been asked for money before': My friend wants to borrow $1,600 to pay her rent. Do I say yes?
A friend asked me to loan her $1,600 to pay her rent. She is in a tough spot. She will get the funds from her account in 30 days to pay me back. I have never been asked for money before and I have ...
Bonds and the dollar are sounding the alarm about the U.S. economy. Equity investors might want to listen.
That sense of calm was shattered on Friday, when the July jobs report showed the U.S. economy created just 73,000 jobs last month. Even more alarming, readings from the prior two months had been ...
The world's No. 2 crypto may hit a record high - here's what's driving it this summer
Ether's (ETHUSD) next key resistance level sits at $4,100 from the technical perspective, and it has the potential to rise above its record high of $4,865.81 later this year, said John Glover, chief ...
Trump and the dollar are doing something we saw just before the October 1987 stock market crash
But there is a non-statistical basis for concern: an ominous parallel with the financial environment that prevailed in the weeks leading up to the October 1987 stock-market crash. On that day - Black ...
Why Project Crypto and 'stablecoin summer' could see ether surpass its $4,800 record high this year
Ether has surged 43% over the past month and is up 6.6% so far this year, according to FactSet data. On Friday, however, it slipped 4.4% to $3,572 after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report weighed ...