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U.S. Stock Futures Tread Water As Nonfarm Payrolls Approach
U.S. stock index futures moved little in holiday-thinned trade on Thursday evening, with focus turning squarely towards key nonfarm payrolls data for more cues on interest rates.
What Trump 2.0 or Biden 2.0 Could Mean for the Stock Market
President Biden is publicly showing no signs of stepping back and held a virtual meeting with governors on Wednesday to try to reassure them he's up to the job.
US June Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: Business Survey Indicates Services Sector's Employment Is Losing Steam
US June's nonfarm payrolls report will be released at 8:30 ET this Friday. The median forecast of analysts for the June nonfarm employment is 189,000,down from 272K in May. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 4.0%.
The US Federal Reserve has been slow to cut interest rates, and the size of the US money market has surpassed 6.15 trillion US dollars, reaching a new high.
In the week ending on the 2nd, there was a inflow of approximately $51.2 billion into the US fund market, the largest inflow in three months. Some analysts pointed out that as long as the Federal Reserve continues to hold steady, funds will continue to flow into currency funds.
Fed Wanted More Evidence of Cooling Inflation, Minutes Show
Federal Reserve officials said they were awaiting additional evidence that inflation is cooling and were divided on how long to keep interest rates elevated at their last policy meeting. Bloomberg's Michael McKee reports on what the minutes from the June meeting said.
US Stocks Rally Into Headwinds With Jobs Data In Focus
The S&P 500 closed above 5,500 for the first time on Tuesday, its 32nd record this year, while the Nasdaq 100 also set an all-time high with its first close above 20,000. Nvidia didn't drive that climb this time around. All the while, more S&P 500 stocks have been declining since May as more headwinds line up against those gains. Investors will closely watch the upcoming nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate releases for clues on the health of the US economy and whether the current Goldilocks narrative is starting to fade. Nour Al Ali joins Bloomberg TV to discuss.