Cattle Futures finished lower on Tuesday, while the USDA delivered its monthly agricultural WASDE report, and today we will get the delayed non-farms payrolls report at 8:30 AM ET.
The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% in January and jobs growth exceeded expectations at 130,000, helping boost major indexes and Treasury yields early.
Stocks are modestly higher around midday despite weak consumer spending data. Markets may be a bit on standby ahead of tomorrow’s Nonfarm Payrolls report.
Last week's whipsaw move from a 2% mid-week plunge to Friday's 2% gains might be hard to top. January nonfarm payrolls, retail sales, CPI, and a long list of Fed speakers loom.
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The latest perspective on the bond market from the Schwab Center for Financial Research, including a deep-dive on corporate and municipal bond markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P Equal Weight hit fresh all-time highs to close out the week, supported by money rotation away from non-tech areas of the market.
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