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Stocks Mixed as Higher Bond Yields Weigh on Tech Stocks

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.20%. Stock indexes this morning are mixed, with the S&P...

Barchart · Sep 1, 2023

US economy adds 187,000 jobs, beating expectations

The unemployment rate jumps to 3.8 per cent, with the trucking industry hit hard by closure of giant firm

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

US applications for jobless claims inch back down as companies hold on to their employees

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as businesses continue to retain employees in an economy that has largely withstood rapidly rising interest rates for more than a year

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

China's $18 trillion economy has indigestion—and the factory of the world could export its deflation and growth problems globally

"If you get a scenario where China is really in crisis and exporting deflation, I can see where that actually filters through the United States," said an international economist at Wells Fargo.

Fortune · Aug 26, 2023

Nigeria's unemployment rate falls to 4.1%, using new methodology. Analysts say it’s an undercount

Nigeria's statistics agency says the unemployment rate now stands at 4.1%

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

California may pay unemployment to striking workers. But the fund to cover it is already insolvent

Some California lawmakers want to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

California Lawmakers Propose Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers

Plus: GOP hopefuls debate tonight, Canadian link tax backfires, and more...

Reason · Aug 23, 2023

Zimbabwe's economic woes: Hyperinflation, a currency slump and high unemployment

As Zimbabweans head to the polls this Wednesday, we take a look at the dire economic straits the country finds itself in. Inflation has gone from the single digits in 2017 to 77 percent this month, the currency has crashed against the US dollar, and high unemployment has led many…

France 24 · Aug 23, 2023

Who Wins the Battle Over 4,400?

How low will stocks go? That is the question on everyone’s mind as the recent highs for the S&P 500 (SPY) seem like a distant memory as stocks have been going the wrong direction for the entirety of August. Investment expert Steve Reitmeister the causes of the recent sell off…

StockNews.com · Aug 22, 2023

Zimbabwe goes to polls amid deepening economic crisis

Promises to get inflation and unemployment on track after decades of Mugabe rule have failed to materialise

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023