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The Nasdaq fell 1.3% and the S&P 500 lost 0.5%, while the Dow edged higher. Treasury’s daily yields declined and oil prices rose.
Markets · Market updateAlso known as Department of Labor, Labor Department, DOL
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The Nasdaq fell 1.3% and the S&P 500 lost 0.5%, while the Dow edged higher. Treasury’s daily yields declined and oil prices rose.
Markets · Market updateNew applications fell by 2,000 in the week ended October 3, while continuing claims increased to 1.716 million.
Macro · Official dataAP reported that Asian shares were lower and U.S. stock futures mixed early Thursday after Wall Street slipped from records Wednesday. PepsiCo’s quarterly results and the Labor Department’s weekly jobless-claims report are scheduled for Thursday. [2, 4, 5]
Markets · Market previewServices activity, September Fed meeting minutes and early October consumer sentiment lead a full U.S. trading week. PepsiCo and Delta provide company-level views of household demand, while trade, consumer credit and weekly claims add detail on the economy.
Markets · Week aheadHow a 1978 tax provision grew into a workplace savings institution, why automatic enrollment followed, and what the asset totals conceal about access, costs and household outcomes.
Enron grew from pipelines into energy trading and investment, then used conflicted partnerships and misleading reporting to obscure risk. Internal warnings, public disclosures and a failed rescue exposed the dependence of its accounts, credit and liquidity on one another.
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