US job data raises doubts about the Fed's next moves - January 05, 2024

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US job data raises doubts about the Fed's next moves - January 05, 2024

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Jan 5, 2024

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The optimism about Fed rate cuts that dominated December is quickly fading, and futures on Wall Street’s main indices were in the red this morning. Investors are eager to get more clues about the state of the economy to assess the trajectory of monetary policy.

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Jan 5, 2024

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Here's the audio version of the daily Wall Street column of Marketscreener, to take the temperature of financial markets every morning at the opening of the stock exchange.

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US job data raises doubts about the Fed's next moves - January 05, 2024

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