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Economists proposed a variety of possible reasons for the poor showing, including worker shortages, a shift away from industries that thrived while Americans stayed home during the pandemic, supply-chain snarls and problems with Labor's seasonal adjustment of the raw numbers.  Leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants and bars -- the industry hit hardest by payroll losses -- continued to recover, adding 331,000 jobs. But other sectors had weak showings. President Joe Biden said Friday he’s not disappointed in the report, calling the figures evidence that the $1.9 trillion coronav...

(Corrects spelling of ‘Brian’ in 14th paragraph.) FILE PHOTO: A street sign, Wall Street, is seen outside New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) -An historic rally in share prices for smaller U.S. companies has slowed sharply in April after six months of strong gains, leading many investors to worry that the stock market as a whole may have already priced in a strong rebound from the pandemic. “The easy money has been made for small caps and for the market overall,” said Doug Foreman, chief investm...

As small-cap stocks lag, Wall Street worries about broad slowdown By David Randall By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) -An historic rally in share prices for smaller U.S. companies has slowed sharply in April after six months of strong gains, leading many investors to worry that the stock market as a whole may have already priced in a strong rebound from the pandemic. "The easy money has been made for small caps and for the market overall," said Doug Foreman, chief investment officer of fund manager Kayne Anderson Rudnick, who expects the broad U.S. market will offer "single-digit returns" f...

Dollar gets ‘real’ and spoils new year narrative Even as most consensus trades hit the jackpot again in the first weeks of the year, global investors have been left puzzled by one refusenik – a suddenly enlivened U.S. dollar. Partly because a bouncing buck just doesn’t fit with the rest of the prevailing “reflation” narrative, many currency analysts have just put its reversal down to an overstretch. And make no mistake, there were few dollar lovers coming in to 2021. COVID vaccines had arrived to goose a global recovery and de-stress the financial system further, political risks a...

An impressive line-up of leading global and local experts in policy, business and financial markets are set to join Sri Lanka’s leading independent investment banking and wealth management firm, Asia Securities, at their upcoming 4th Annual Sri Lanka Investment Conference to share their insights. Titled 2021: The Investors’ Dilemma, this year’s conference to be delivered virtually, will take place in three individual sessions, from 15-17th of December. It will explore the outlook for the economic rebound and financial markets in the coming year. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, ...