Know so so going into that but the Federal Reserve has already cut rates twice this year and it looks like people are expecting for them to cut rates once again in their meeting next week and then again in december when they meet again so people are looking at these expectation of federal the feds cutting their rates 2 more times just this year and thats the most that its happened in decades actually you know unemployment has traditionally been a lagging indicator so president boasting about what a strong labor market this is thats not really saying much at all so meanwhile on the trade front with President Trump theyre set to meet with china next thursday for their 13th on trade talks is there any improvement in their relations well the u. S. Merchandise trade deficit narrowed from july to august according to this new report released today by the u. S. Department of commerce but the china trade deficit looks like it narrowed down in august as exports rose to a fire much high in the u.
Correspondent john king is on his delve into the details of the new revelation to get into a bit of the business mindset lets go. The september jobs report is out and the numbers show a tight labor market as the Unemployment Rate dropped to a 5 decade low the top line data looks good with 10 industries adding jobs 3 losing and one unchanged alleviating some concerns on the street and boosting the markets today but lets take a closer look the payroll report was rather stagflation area as wage growth was flat stagnating and posting the worst annual growth in one year if we take out government jobs private payroll added only 114000. 00 jobs which is the 5th lowest private jobs in the past 3 years and finally if we take a look at the composition of job gains that wasnt so great with only low paying jobs in education and Health Category at the top meanwhile you have a decent ration of wages in high tech which previously was the fastest wage growth and this all come. The worlds 2 largest eco
A look at the composition of job gains that wasnt so great with only low paying jobs in education and Health Category at the top meanwhile you have a d. S. L. Ration of wages in high tech which previously was the fastest wage growth and this all comes as the worlds 2 largest economies remain in a tit for tat trade war with no solution in sight heading into the 13th round of trade talks next week so with this mixed bag report expectations for an october rate cut declined to just about 75 percent from 93 percent. And here to dive into the details with us is our 2 correspondents are among tuesday well go sarah welcome back you know these numbers that we got out today what are the projections look like generally and perhaps more importantly how did they do compared to expectations for the alterations according to the u. S. Bureau of labor statistics so to stix the Unemployment Rate did decline to 3. 5 percent last month this is the lowest since december of 1969 so. Again but the nonfarm pa
Oil slides into a bear market as trade tensions add to slowing demand. Brenda cost 20 since its april high. Cost 20 since its april high. Shery stocks rebounding. Treasuries paring back some of the earlier sturges we saw this week not to mention the dollar surges we saw this week, not to mention the dollar. We had brent falling more than 20 since its april the and sliding into a bear market. This despite the fact that we are seeing eight consecutive weeks of your talk piles declining u. S. Stockpiles declining. 1. 4 . Sdaq gained lets futures at the moment under a little bit of pressure, down. 1 . Lets see how things are shaping up in the asian markets as we have a few centralBank Decisions. Sophie it could be a mixed start for the asian stocks after a fiveday loss with several major market threatening to join the kospi, writing our yeartodate gains. Wiping out yeartodate gains. Check out tv stocks, jumping 1 one hour into cash trade. 10year gilts hovering around 10 . The aussie dollar
Capitol hill falls far short of democrat hopes. And the greatest brexit cheerleaders says its time to act decisively to pull the country out of the european union. Lets get you started with a quick check of how markets closed the wednesday session here in the u. S. It was a mixed picture across markets in the u. S. Picture, but you can see, of course, that the s p 500 rallied to another record high. We have very strong numbers out of ups with its profit guidance. Higher. Aq also closed Texas Instruments posted strong earnings. Boeing and caterpillar really weighing on the dow, which underperformed. As. Futures at the moment little bit in the red at that 3018 level. Yields were down with manufacturing pmi barely avoiding contraction territory. Lets see how things are shaping up for asia. Sophie geopolitical risks into the fray once more after north korea launched two projectiles this morning. We will see if japan will strip its neighbor of its preferred status. Nissan earnings as the ca