WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as well, the U.S. job market has hit what U.S. central bank officials are characterizing as a moment of stable full employment, with balanced wage and job growth and a low unemployment rate. With consumers spending and businesses confident, the baseline outlook is...

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market remains directionless, with bitcoin (BTC) languishing below $100,000 before the U.S. jobs report. It's surprising prices have not yet crossed that threshold, especially after President Donald Trump's son, Eric, encouraged the family-linked WLFI to invest in BTC in a post on X on Thursday. Typically, such endorsements during...

(Reuters) -Most brokerages continue to expect a slower pace of interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve in 2025 ahead of a non-farm payrolls (NFP) report due today amid uncertainty from President Donald Trump's tariff policy. President Trump's tariff policy is expected to drive up inflation and will increase pressure on the U.S. central bank as it looks to...

(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds witnessed their fourth weekly outflow in five weeks in the week to Feb. 5, driven by heightened geopolitical risks from President Donald Trump's new trade tariffs on China and investor wariness over weaker-than-expected earnings from key technology companies. Investors divested U.S. equity funds worth a net $10.71 billion in their largest weekly sales since Dec....