Private employers added a much-better-than-expected 217,000 jobs in February, ADP has reported. That’s the fifth straight month of job gains in the private sector — another sign that the U.S. labor market continues to slowly h…
Private employers added 187,000 jobs in January, ADP announced Wednesday, 47,000 more then economists had predicted. That marks the fourth straight month of significant job gains — a trend that suggests the U.S. labor market i…
The all-important January employment reports come out this week. Also worth watching for are a host of earnings releases, led by economic bellwhether UPS. The package deliverer is expected to post strong results.
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With corporate earnings season in full swing — watch for McDonalds, along with Catepillar, Amazon and other — and with the Fed meeting on interest rates, the GDP estimate and housing numbers coming out — the week ahead is ex…
This week was all about jobs reports, and after December’s employment numbers fell short of expectations, stocks ended the first week of trading in 2011 on a down note. Kenny Polcari, managing director at ICAP Corporates explai…