Nonfarm Payrolls Jump in December.

Investors Wait for Key Fed Member's Speeches.

Expectations are for 155K jobs to have been filled in December, with an Unemployment Rate holding steady at +4.2%.

December Private Sector Payrolls Lowest Since August.

+122K new private-sector jobs filled in December is below expectations for +136K and the previous month's unrevised +146K.

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.

Key Labor Market Data to Deluge This Week.

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The final Jobs Week of 2024 continues this morning, with Weekly Jobless Claims reporting mixed results, whether we're looking at new claims or longer-term ones. Pre-market futures have not budged from...

Both Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims are still representative of a healthy labor situation overall.

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We had a busy morning with economic data today, not only with the lower-than-expected private-sector payroll data from ADP (ADP) ahead of the open, but monthly Services PMI and Factory Orders, as well...

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Manufacturing shed -26K positions in November, another hard reality for an already struggling sector of the economy.

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