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Traders Hit The Buy Button On These 10 Stocks After Weak Jobs Report

The August jobs report sent a clear signal that the U.S. labor market is quickly losing steam—yet instead of panic, investors hit the buy button, betting that the Federal Reserve will be forced to cut rates this month and possibly again before year-end.

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America’s job growth has flatlined—and Mark Zandi believes June may have been the start of a recession

June’s job loss was the first since the pandemic, a flashing-red signal that the economy’s growth momentum has stopped.

Fortune

The labor market is balancing on a knife edge, and the factors weakening it aren’t going anywhere

The Federal Reserve faces rising labor market weakness as BLS revisions, JOLTS downturn, and AI job displacement fuel calls for FOMC rate cuts—but what underlying factors are shaping the data, and are they here to stay?

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S&P Futures Tick Higher With All Eyes on Key U.S. Jobs Report

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are trending up +0.18% this morning as optimism grows that the U.S. payrolls report will pave the way for the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates later this month.

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Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Gain, Dow Slips As US Job Growth Stalls— Broadcom, DocuSign, Lululemon In Focus (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the lede, and the latest economic releases were updated in the story.

Benzinga

Mortgage Rates May Fall Before Fed's Much-Anticipated September Rate Cut: Here's Why

Mortgage rates could slip even before the Federal Reserve formally cuts rates on Sept. 17 because lenders tend to price in expectations ahead of policy moves and mortgages key off the 10-year Treasury yield more than the Fed's short-term rate.

Benzinga

Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

The head of the National Capital Planning Commission says crews can start demolishing parts of the White House for a new ballroom without needing approval

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Wall Street Gains On Rate Cut Bets, GE Hits Record Highs: What's Moving Markets Thursday?

Risk appetite returned to Wall Street on Thursday, as signs of labor market cooling in August cemented expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates at its Sept. 17 meeting.

Benzinga

Weak Jobs Cement Fed Rate Cuts–And Wall Street Eyes Records Again

Wall Street could be marching into a bad-news-is-good-news environment, as deteriorating labor market data bolsters the odds of imminent rate cuts — potentially giving stocks the lift they need to break new records.

Benzinga

Fed nominee Miran tells senators he’ll be independent of Trump - Roll Call

Stephen Miran, who chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisers, says he won't resign even if confirmed to become a Fed governor.

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Federal Reserve To Follow 'Slower Rate Cutting Cycle' Despite Trump's Pressure As Beige Book Dampens Sentiment: Don't Expect 50 Bps Cut Hints Shapiro

The Federal Reserve is signaling a more cautious approach to interest rate cuts, with its latest Beige Book indicating that “Economic activity was little changed since last release”.

Benzinga

Stocks Rise Before the Open as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Grow, U.S. ADP Jobs Report in Focus

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are up +0.19%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are up +0.33% this morning as Treasury yields extended their decline after the latest jobs report made it all but certain that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month.

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Asian shares are higher after Wall Street steadies itself as Alphabet rallies

Shares in Asia are mostly trading higher after a rally of technology stocks steadied Wall Street and a slide in the dollar made Asian assets more attractive

The Independent UK

Small-Cap ETFs Just Became The Hot New Trade—Thanks To Powell

Small-cap stocks, which had been underperforming for months, are now gaining investor interest, with the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM) drawing $1.5 billion in new inflows last week, according to FactSet data cited by Etf.com. The rally followed the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, which indicated that…

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Bank chief warns against ‘exaggerating’ rise in UK borrowing costs

Andrew Bailey’s remarks to MPs about the rise in the 30-year bond yield will bring some relief to the chancellor

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Chamath Palihapitiya Says Fed Is A 'Partisan' Body, Trump Should Be 'Allowed To Remove' Misaligned Governor

Chamath Palihapitiya, a prominent venture capitalist, has expressed skepticism about the Federal Reserve’s alleged independence.

The Independent UK

Asian benchmarks slip after US stocks sink and Japan faces political uncertainty

Asian shares declined Wednesday, echoing a fall on Wall Street, as political uncertainty took centerstage in Japan, making for cautious trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Benzinga

Nvidia, Palantir, Tesla Tumble In Pre-Market Trading As Rising Yields Crush High P/E Tech — Gary Black Sees Fed Cut Bets Colliding With Inflation

Gary Black, Managing Director of The Future Fund LLC, expressed his concerns about the impact of rising long-term interest rates on certain stocks.

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Trump Can Fire a Lot of People. What's Special About the Federal Reserve?

"The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity," the Supreme Court wrote in a ruling this year.

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Black Swan Author Says Trump Is 'Exacerbating' Dollar's Decline, Balaji Sees Gold's Return As 'Reserve Currency Of The State'

There are growing concerns about the U.S. Dollar’s steady decline; experts are highlighting its eroding value and its global standing.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Bessent says markets not worried by Fed interference as Lagarde warns of ‘danger’

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says Trump undermining Federal Reserve could impact global economy. Key US politics stories from Monday 1 September

The Guardian - UK

How can the UK avoid trouble in the gilts market?

The government needs bold policies in the autumn budget that will change the narrative without startling the markets

Benzinga

Fed Funds Rate To Fall Below 4% In 2025, But Strategist Urges Caution On Predictions: Govs 'Don't Know Any Better Than My 7-Year-Old'

The bond market is aggressively pricing in a Federal Reserve easing cycle that would see two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, pushing the Fed Funds Rate below 4%.

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Trump quashes health concerns on Truth Social—‘never felt better in my life’—and tees up next battle with the Fed’s Lisa Cook

Trump pushes Judge Jia Cobb to recuse herself from his battle with Fed governor Lisa Cook, escalating tensions over the central bank’s independence.

Fortune

What would the Fed do in a tie vote? It's not clear, and the Bank of England had to break a deadlock this month

There have been three occasions when a vote on the FOMC passed by a one-vote majority, though the last time it occurred was in 1973.

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