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BofA bets on a potential Fed rate hike

December jobs report has Wall Street starting to talk about rate hikes in 2025

A hot December jobs report has many strategists confident the Federal Reserve will hold off on further interest rate cuts for now. And some on Wall Street think this report may have even cracked the door open for the Fed to consider rate hikes in 2025.

Reuters · 1d

BofA bets on a potential Fed rate hike after jobs report, top Wall-St brokers revise forecasts

Top Wall-Street brokerages revised their Fed rate cut forecasts, after a blow-out U.S. jobs report on Friday, with BofA Global Research forecasting a potential rate hike from the central bank.

MarketWatch · 1d

After hotter-than-expected jobs report, Fed funds futures show higher chance of Fed pausing rate cuts next few months

Friday’s hotter than expected jobs report spurred traders in the federal-funds futures markets to price in a higher probability that the Federal Reserve will maintain its benchmark interest rate at the current level over the next few months.

AOL · 1d

Hot jobs report cements a Fed rate hold this month — and possibly the foreseeable future

A hot jobs report makes it even more likely the Federal Reserve won’t cut rates at its next meeting in January — or for the foreseeable future.

Strong jobs report gives market investors jitters

Detroit Free Press on MSN · 12h

Strong jobs report gives market investors the jitters

The U.S. economy boasted an impressive 256,000 nonfarm payrolls in December, a figure that shocked forecasters.

Forbes · 1d

Stocks Drop After Jobs Report Shows Hot U.S. Labor Market—Here’s Why

Yields for the 10-year Treasury shot up Friday to their highest level since 2023, putting pressure on stock valuations.

Barron's · 1d

Jobs Report Shows the Economy Is Strong. Why the Stock Market Is Falling Anyway.

Wall Street’s reaction to the strong December jobs report shows just how much bond yields and interest-rate expectations are driving the stock market these days. The Dow was down 600 points, or 1.4%,

Unexpectedly Strong Jobs Report Sends Shockwaves Through Wall Street, Triggering Market Sell-Off

Wall Street's positive outlook for 2025 has been disrupted by a robust jobs report. The unexpected data has triggered a ...

Blowout Jobs Report Fuels Wall Street Fear of ‘Lose-Lose’ Market

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. With the economy booming, a friendly Federal Reserve at its back and Donald Trump headed ...

200,000 Wall Street Jobs May Be Slashed By Artificial Intelligence

The financial services sector is facing disruption as AI technologies threaten to displace a considerable share of its ...

NBC Los Angeles2d

Stock futures slide as Wall Street braces for Friday's jobs report: Live updates

The moves come as Wall Street is gearing up for December's nonfarm payrolls reading, which is scheduled to come out at 8:30 a ...

Wall Street recoils after good news on the economy raises inflation worries

U.S. stocks dropped on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and ...

Wall Street Sees Risks for Stocks in the Jobs Report

How important are rate cuts to the bull case on equities? It's a pressing question for investors in risky assets, who've lately struggled to ignore the bond market's agitated reaction to inflation ...

The U.S. jobs report is coming up. Wall Street is not betting on a big one.

The December jobs report is expected to show a softening labor market, but nothing to get alarmed about. Wall Street forecasters predict the U.S. created a modest 155,000 new jobs in the final month o ...

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