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Nasdaq had its ninth positive month out of the last ten. The worst performing sector, energy not a surprise given wtis performance, down about 6 thats the worst month for wti since march. As for the year so far, the nasdaq is leading the way. Its up more than 19 . The dow is higher by 11 the s p 500 is up by 10. 4 check the global markets. Things were kind of friendly in europe not much happening in the asian markets. Japan and the hang seng and shanghai european equities were more positive a half percentage point gain in average in most of the bourses look at the dollar got over 1. 20, back d...

To 4. 4 . And those hefty gains from june and july, revilower by 41,000. Hampen pearson has the story. It jobs and government hiring took a hit in august while the Auto Industry and constructie g. The president s top economic adviser says a stall does not off set the momentum in the economy and the key to creating more jobs x reform. If we get a tax system that allows us we will hire people. When you hire people, you compete for labor. When you compete labor, you drive wamgs. We need wages and job growth. Professional and Business Services have been con enter engines, adding more than 262,000 ...

Put in pla help prop up the economy during the great recession. Its plan is to begin rolling off its 4. 5 trillion damage sheet, which consists mostly of treasuries and mortgagebacked securities. Officials also hint one more Interest Rate rise this year is likely. As a result, bond yields rose and stocks why volatile. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 22 points to an alltime high. The nasdaq was off five. S p 500 rose one, also a record. Hampton pearson has more on the new era the fed will begin ushering in. Reporter as expected, janet yellen and her fellow monetary policymakers left I...

Kind of a mix. Spain and france both slightly in the red the ten year note yield holding firm around the 2. 2 or so percent. You can see at the bottom of our screen weve gotten that news. Equifaxs stock had been halted. Rick smith announcing he will retire as the companys ceo. Want to get more details on when that retirement is coming, whether its immediate or not. Of course, hes been undergrea pressure given the huge breech there for some 143 million or so potential accounts that were compromised. Some might wonder what took so long. Yes. Already two Technology Executives left the company the...

Tyler mathisen, coming to you once again from the new york stock exchange, hi, sue. Good to see you, bill. Im sue herera. A record close for stocks. But we begin tonight with the job market. And the potentially unprecedented impact that hurricanes irma and harvey could have on the labor market, at least in the short term. Today we learned that american employers created fewer jobs in september than they had in any single month in nearly a year, primarily because of hurricanes harvey and irma. As Hampton Pearson reports, the disruptions are expected to show up in the monthly government jobs r r...