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Mark Vickery

Non-farm Payrolls: Good News & Bad News

A headline of +50K is lower than the downwardly revised +56K the previous month, but the Unemployment Rate fell -20 bps to +4.4%.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Soft on Excellent Economic Data

Futures are in the red this morning, though we wouldn't be surprised if this turns around at some point during normal trading today.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change TLRYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Settle Mixed on Big Day for Data

A day of steady reporting on the labor market and goods-producers sent market indexes in different directions today.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Rebounds to +41K, JOLTS & ISM Services After the Open

Private-sector payrolls hit +41K last month, -7K from consensus and nicely up from the prior month's upwardly revised -29K.

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John Blank

A Final 2025 Payroll Report Sets the Tone: Global Week Ahead

U.S. payrolls, Canadian jobs, a huge round of global inflation reports, and one solitary central bank decision out of Peru are this week's major economic events.

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Mark Vickery

Looking Ahead to a New "Jobs Week"

"Jobs Week" starts Wednesday with ADP private-sector payrolls and JOLTS numbers, and ends Friday with the full BLS report.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bull of the Day: Kforce (KFRC)

Is the staffing slowdown over?

KFRCPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Xmas Eve Jobless Claims: Still Accommodating

Despite today being Christmas Eve and markets closing at 1pm ET, we see new Weekly Jobless Claims numbers ahead of today's opening bell.

SNYPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI, Jobless Claims in Very Agreeable Ranges

We find it hard to recognize any headwinds for trading these indexes higher based on today's employment and inflation data.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off -0.5% to -1.8% Ahead of Inflation Rate Thursday

This marks the fourth-straight down-day for the blue-chip Dow and the comprehensive S&P 500.

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