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Stocks Rally as Jobs Report Signals Recovery Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: By: Ella Koeze·Data delayed at least 15 minutes·Source: FactSet Wall Street snapped its losing streak on Friday after a surprisingly good reading on the American job market refocused investor attention to the brightening outlook for economic growth. The S&P 500 gained 2 percent, more than reversing Thursday’s 1.3 percent tumble and leading the benchmark to a slight weekly gain after two consecutive weeks in the red. The rise came after new data showed that the pace of hiring picked up in the United...

February monthly report shows plateauing jobs growth in the US amid the country's attempt to climb out the economic fallout from the pandemic

Provided by Dow Jones By Harriet Torry U.S. shoppers sharply increased spending in January, buoyed by stimulus payments that many households received in the most recent virus-relief package. Retail sales, a measure of purchases at stores, at restaurants and online, rose by a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The increase followed three months of decline during the holiday season. It was the strongest gain since last June, when the economy was in the process of reopening from pandemic-related closure...

Donald Trump is right: $600 in stimulus checks is not nearly enough. But $2,000 isn't, either CNN 12/24/2020 Analysis by Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business © Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg/Getty Images The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Congress is facing down a midnight deadline to pass a pandemic relief measure as part of a massive government spending bill or rush through another stopgap to keep the government funded through at least the weekend while talks continue. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images After months of failed ne...

Donald Trump is right: $600 in stimulus checks is not nearly enough. But $2,000 isn't, either CNN 12/24/2020 Analysis by Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business © Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg/Getty Images The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Congress is facing down a midnight deadline to pass a pandemic relief measure as part of a massive government spending bill or rush through another stopgap to keep the government funded through at least the weekend while talks continue. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images After months of failed ne...