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A moment. But we begin tonight with what some are calling the strongest job market since the turn of the century. The economy created a healthy number of fulltime positions last month across a broad range of sectors. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 228,000, making this the second month in a row that gains have eclipsed 200,000. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 4. 1 . But closely watched wages rose just 2 , falling short of expectations. Hampton pearson takes a look at the unemployment picture and the myst those stuck wages. Reporter november job growth was widespread with professional and Busines...

On wall street, the dow closed at a record. Investors focus was on washington and reports that republican cd a tentative agreen a tax bill. At the Federal Reserve, policymakers felt confident enough in the economy to raise Interest Rates again and sharply lift their outlook for growth. The Dow Jones Industrial av rose 80 points to 24,585, an alltime high. It had been up triple digits for most of the day. The nasdaq gained 13 and the s p 500 lost some steam into the close, falling one point. Lets start tonight with that big tax bill which does appear to be nearing the finish line. Republican le...

The averages passed a major number on tuesday, the nasdaq passed 7,000. On wednesday, tyesterday the do hitting 25,000 for the first time ever. This morning the dow futures are indicated up by 75 points s p futures up by 7 1 2. Nasdaq up by 30. The first trading week of the year on that time we are talking about some strong days the best threeday winning streak to start the year for the nasdaq since 2006, for the s p since 2010 of course we always talk about what happens in january often indicates what happens for the full year. Well talk all about this throughout the program today green arrow...

The market rally lets get to dom chu to give us a broader picture of what were seeing here. The whoopwhoops are happening all over the place, not just on the floor but across wall street and investing america because we are, again, at record highs for the overall stock market the best start to a year for the s p 500 since 2003 back then, it gained around 6 were at that 4. 5 , maybe close to 5 at this point. Check this out the s p 500 over the past week is up 1. 5 industrials, consumer discretionary, energy, financials, cyclical, economically sensitive the ones who do good in a rising economy. ...

Concerns about Rising Interest Rates and some nitpicking about selected corporate profit reports. The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged 665 points to 25,520 or about 2. 5 . The nasdaq dropped 145. And the s p 500 dipped 59. All 30 of the dow components were lower. A day of rumrs. And of all the 500 stocks in the s p 500, only a handful were in the green and higher. Today concluded the worst week for the major afternoons since 2016nd selling starting with the release of the january jobs report. Employers added 200,000 jobs last month, which was more than expected. E remainedoyment r steady a...