KQEH Nightly Business Report August 6, 2016
Jobs report. That both exceeded expectations and eased fears of a labor market and economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial average soared 191 points to 18,543. Not a rory, but the records were nasdaq up 54 and s p 500, which gained 18. Here are the numbers that sparked the rally. Employers added 255,000 jobs, much better than the 179,000 economists expected the jobless rate held steady at 4. 9 as more americans looked for work and wages picked up. We have two reporter tonight, Hampton Pearson on the best twomonth stretch of hiring this year, but we begin bob pisani. Its been a broad rally....