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Update: 9:30 a.m. ET
Opening Bell
The U.S. markets are now opened for the day. The Russell 2000 (+0.12%) and Dow (+0.03%) are up a few basis points, while the S&P 500(-0.15%) and Nasdaq (-0.19%) are down after today’s October and November payrolls report.
It seems the early takeaway is that these A.M. reports — which include the highest unemployment showing since 2021 — don’t dramatically move the needle on Fed expectations. The expectation among Fed hawks is that the central bank will still cut twice next year, even in light of the data.
Update: 8:32 a.m. ET
Delayed Payrolls Saw Steep Decline in October; Modest Turnaround in November
Delayed payrolls data for the month of October revealed that many of the 108,000 jobs thought added in the month of September were erased. The report, just out, showed a decline of 105,000 jobs in October, which was mostly led by declines in government payrolls (-157K).
Thankfully, there was a small consolation, as November payrolls showed 64,000 additions — which came in ahead of the consensus of 50,000. Still, the unemployment rate ticked up to its highest point since 2021 at 4.6%.
The reaction has pushed stocks to session highs in futures trading, but there have been signs of reversion ahead of the market open in less than an hour.
Update: 7:24 a.m. ET
A.M. Update
Good morning. What’s better than data? Well, lots of data.
Today, traders and econ hawks will be treated to a series of overdue reports from October, plus more timely reports from November as a series of establishment economic cross the wire.
Among them will be the overdue September business inventories, October payrolls, and October retail sales. Plus, we’ll get ADP weekly employment change, November payrolls data, and the S&P Global Manufacturing Composite and Services PMI Flash for December.
Earnings Today: BHP Group, Lennar, Korea Electric Power Corp
In addition, we have a handful of earnings coming up today with at least a $1 billion market cap per Nasdaq — BHP Group, Lennar Corp., Korea Electric Power Corp., and Worthington Enterprises, Inc. In total, there’s over 20 reports coming today; although, they might be overshadowed by the foreboding of economic data that’s coming up.
