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Course, but tomorrows taking on added significance, not just to wall street but to main street and washington as well. Hiring in may showed its weakest gain in more than five years. The anemic report shocked just about everybody, and it cemented the Federal Reserves decision not to raise Interest Rates. Then came another surprise, the brexit, and tomorrows report will determine whether mays weak showing was an anomaly or the start of a new and worrying trend for what has been one of the stronges...

Course, but tomorrows taking on added significance, not just to wall street but to main street and washington as well. Hiring in may showed its weakest gain in more than five years. The anemic report shocked just about everybody, and it cemented the Federal Reserves decision not to raise Interest Rates. Then came another surprise, the brexit, and tomorrows report will determine whether mays weak showing was an anomaly or the start of a new and worrying trend for what has been one of the stronges...

Employers have been creating jobs at a healthy clip for years, but today, just one day before the july employment report is set to be released, there were two setbacks for american workers. Firsttime applications for Unemployment Benefits rose by 3,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 269,000. We also learned today that there was a rise in layoffs last month and tomorrow we may get answers to some pressing economic questions. Hampton pearson has more. Reporter sagging Energy Prices drove layof...

Expect. Showing that one of the best performing part of the economy is still humming along. After spe spring and the the Dow Jones Industrial average up 250 points to 18. 146. Nasdaq climbed 79 and the s p 500 add l 32. The index closing high, during and the rally was sparked by the creation of some 487 new ju increase over the revised. Gains of just 11,000. The rate did edge up to 4. 9 mers. Earnings rose modestly. We have more on the job market rebound and what it may mean for main street and ...

Employers have been creating jobs at a healthy clip for years, but today, just one day before the july employment report is set to be released, there were two setbacks for american workers. Firsttime applications for Unemployment Benefits rose by 3,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 269,000. We also learned today that there was a rise in layoffs last month and tomorrow we may get answers to some pressing economic questions. Hampton pearson has more. Reporter sagging Energy Prices drove layof...

Outlook. If growth is anemic, dont expect as many Interest Rate increases. Not this year, not next and not even in 2018. That is a big shift in the Central Banks thinking since the fed chairs last news conference. Hampton pearson has more on what has changed and what the fed is sayiow halfway through 2016, fed chair janet yellen and her monetary advisers are still on hold when it comes to raising key short term Interest Rates. We really need to look at the data and pre specify a timetable. So im...

Every time memorial day comes around, the old market cliche gets passed around. Sell in may and go away. In other words, are you better off taking a vacation from the markets and enjoying what you can during a summer vacation, like in summers past, this year a number of reasons why markets could get a bit jittery. I think as we look at head winds or what could cause markets to falter perhaps in the months to come, not only is the fed raising rates, potentially, a source of volatility depending o...

High Interest Rates. Sometimes, believe it or not, topping a 300 annual rate. The goal, it says, is to protect consumers from risky financial products. The industry is bigger than many think. Its market size, 39 billion in revenues. According to pew research, about 12 million americans use payday loans every year. There are some 20,000 payday lending outlets nationwide. Even though the practice is banned in 14 states. Thats more than the number of mcdonalds, which is seemingly everywhere, with 1...

Course, but tomorrows taking on added significance, not just to wall street but to main street and washington as well. Hiring in may showed its weakest gain in more than five years. The anemic report shocked just about everybody, and it cemented the Federal Reserves decision not to raise Interest Rates. Then came another surprise, the brexit, and tomorrows report will determine whether mays weak showing was an anomaly or the start of a new and worrying trend for what has been one of the stronges...

A near halt, surprising just about everyone from wall street to main street to washington. Especially because the labor market had been a pillar of strength for the economy. Just 38,000 jobs were created last month, well below the estimate of 158,000. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 4. 7 , but that was because nearly 500,000 people stopped looking for work. The one bright spot may be the slight, and i do mean slight, increase in average Hourly Earnings. Hampton pearson has more on mays big jobs...