Wall Street Hovers Near Record Highs Ahead of New Jobs Numbers

‘It’s Just About Right’: Santelli Lauds Another Good Jobs Number For Trump

CNBC host Rick Santelli touted a higher-than-expected figure in the June jobs reports Thursday, saying it was “a pretty good number.”

Stock markets, dollar steady before US jobs data

Stock markets and the dollar largely steadied Thursday before key US jobs data and as investors kept a close eye on President Donald Trump's bid to push through a tax-cutting budget.

Investors eye US jobs data as stocks hit record highs

Trump may have dropped a clue on social media that the jobs number won't be good

The non-farm payroll jobs number is due out this morning. The consensus estimate is +110,000 but some analysts think the damage from President Trump’s tariff regime may finally be starting to show up in the hard data, and the number may come in lower. Trump—who got an advance look at the jobs number last night—raged against U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on social media. Was that a clue that the president wants blame to land at the …

Stocks rise, dollar dips ahead of US jobs data

Stocks mostly rose Thursday and the dollar fell as investors eye US jobs data that could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy, while investors gave a lukewarm reception to the US-Vietnam trade deal. Attention was also on Washington as Republicans struggled to push Donald Trump's tax-slashing budget bill through the

Wall Street hovers near record highs ahead of new jobs numbers

Wall Street was largely unchanged early Thursday, hovering near record levels ahead of new U.S. jobs data that is expected to show unemployment ticked up to the highest rates since late 2021. Futures for S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average each inched up less than 0.1% before the bell. Markets are closed Friday for the July 4 holiday.Treasury yields edged lower ahead of the highly anticipated June jobs report from the Labor Departme…