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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to various charities across the United States this week, Page Six is told. In the days leading up to their highly anticipated wedding, which is set to take place Friday at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the couple decided to give back in a big way. Swift and Kelce — who together are reportedly ...

MetroTrade, the Chicago-based futures brokerage, announced yesterday (Wednesday) that it has launched options on futures trading on its MetroTrader platform, giving clients access to CME-listed contracts alongside its existing futures offering. The move lets traders manage both product types from a single account interface, a structure the company says ...

The luster fell a bit off the employment rose in June with nonfarm payrolls rising 57,000 against expectations of a 115,000 increase, according to today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Moreover, the increases previously reported for April and May were revised down by a total of 74,000. Upon revision, payrolls increased 148,000 in April versus ...

ECB's President Lagarde: I'm certain ECB made right choice raising rates in June. LAGARDE: SECOND ROUND EFFECTS NOT MATERIALIZED TODAY ECB's Lagarde: The supply shock is spreading through the economy. LAGARDE SAYS MAJORITY OF POLICYMAKERS WERE READY TO HIKE IN APRIL ...

The ECB’s Forum at Sintra has become one of the key events for forex markets, and a lot happened over the last few days that could drive currency markets not just this week, but through the rest of the year. Having so many heads of major central banks at the same venue discussing monetary policy is a fantastic opportunity to compare their outlooks on rates. ...

The June US jobs report led with a softer-than-expected non-farm payroll growth number of 57,000 (consensus 113k) with 74,000 downward revisions to the past two months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% from 4.3%, but this was primarily caused by a big drop in the participation rate to 61.5% from 61.8% – ie not a good reason since it highlights worker ...

A cooler reading on payrolls in June, which broke a three-month hot streak, is still likely to keep Federal Reserve officials' full attention on inflation and extend the interest rate pause, while preserving the hawks' case for potential rate hikes later this year. The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June, fewer than expectations for 113,000 and down ...

In the week ending June 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 215,000 to 216,000. The 4-week moving average was 222,000, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's ...

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, dropped to 4.2%, and slightly ahead of the 4.1% where it was a year ago. The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June and revisions subtracted a combined 74,000 jobs from the previously reported figures for May and April. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.2%. Leisure and hospitality employment declined by 61,000 in June.

Fed's Daly: US monetary policy is slightly restrictive Fed's Daly: That should help inflation come down. Fed's Daly: There is a scenario where the Fed has to fight inflation; there's also a scenario where growth doesn't continue. Fed's Daly: Can't decide right now, can't give false guidance on rates.