AP – Stocks are shaking off a two-week slump after a report on retail sales wasn’t as bad as economists had predicted.
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AP – Stocks were mixed and bond yields were at their lowest level in a year Thursday after two reports suggested that the U.S. jobs market, and the overall economy, are recovering more slowly than economists anticipated.
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Read More »AP – JOBS PAUSE: Stocks fell after payroll processor ADP said companies added 179,000 new jobs in April, far fewer than economists had expected. That raised worries about what the government’s monthly jobs report for April will reveal when it’s released Friday.
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Read More »AP – UNEMPLOYMENT SURPRISE: The Labor Department said 412,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. Economists expected claims to fall.
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AP – Stocks are opening slightly lower after the government reported a decline in new weekly unemployment claims that was smaller than economists expected.
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Read More »AP – STRONGER ECONOMY: The government said the economy grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the last quarter. That’s slightly better than economists expected and higher than the estimate made last month.
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AP – Stock futures reversed course and pointed to a higher opening Wednesday after a report said that private companies are adding more jobs than economists had expected.
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Read More »AP – RETAIL SALES: The Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose just 0.3 percent in January, the smallest increase since June and half of what economists had predicted.
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