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Markets Rally Sept 4: Fed Pause Hopes vs Jobs
- Fed's Waller Signals Rate Hold, Sending Markets to Best Day in a Month
- US-Iran Strikes Push Oil Above $95, Threatening Inflation Progress
- August Jobs Report Preview: Weak Payrolls Expected Ahead of Fed Decision
- Markets posted their best day in a month Thursday after Fed Governor Waller signaled support for holding rates steady in September, causing rate-hike odds to drop from 65% to 50% and sending the S&P 500 up 1.06%.
- Escalating US-Iran strikes pushed oil above $95 per barrel, threatening to reverse recent inflation progress just as the Fed debates whether to pause rate hikes, with the August inflation report on September 11 now the critical data point.
- Friday's August jobs report expects weak payrolls of 53-56K after July's surprise 23,000 job loss, highlighting a labor market in a low-hire low-fire environment that complicates the Fed's policy calculus ahead of its September 15-16 meeting.
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Markets move on the balance of the day’s news — economic data (inflation, jobs, growth), Federal Reserve signals, corporate earnings, commodity prices like oil, and global events. The Today’s Brief and Market Pulse sections summarize the day’s drivers in plain English. This is educational context, not a prediction.
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The Economic Calendar shows the scheduled releases that tend to move markets — the Fed’s rate decisions (FOMC), inflation (CPI, PPI, PCE), the monthly jobs report, and GDP — with their dates and times. Release dates come from the Federal Reserve’s FRED data; market holidays and early closes are computed from the official NYSE schedule.
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