seventh straight session. dropping triple digits today. for the year the dow is actually down the better part of 3%. s&p 500 is still positive for 2015. but it s broken a technical level, slipping below the 200-day moving average. twice in the summer it has bounced on that. will it do that from here? the dollar hit highs not seen since april, but if i m looking at the screen to the right of me correctly, it is raised those gains and now in negative territory for the session overall. despite that, oil continues to be under pressure. prices down about 5 1/2 percent for the week. oil light sweet crude is just trading above $44 a barrel. if we break that it will be significant. check out the yields on the benchmark 10-year treasury notes. yields down to 2.18%. despite the view that the fed might be hiking on this payroll data in september. vrm the nasdaq is the biggest loser right now. kate rogers is following the action. it is not quite as ugly as it was here yesterday. we a
17 months. 215,000 positions were added in july, with the unemployment rate steady at 5.3%. wages ss nudged up just slightly while the share of americans participating in the labor force remains stuck at a 38-year low. but experts say the overall report is proof the recovery is chugging along and likely keeps the federal reserve on track for its first interest rate hike since 2006. hampton pearson has more on the numbers and what they mean for main street and wall street. for the first seven months of this year job growth has been wide spread averaging 212,000 jobs per month. health care continues to lead up 436,000 for the year including 28,000 last month. retailers have added 322,000 new employees as consumer spending picks up. and it was another strong month for professional and technical services up 27,000 topping 301,000 for the year. those booming auto sales help manufacturing have its best month of the year. workers hours increased, but wage growth remained stagnant
17 months. 215,000 positions were added in july, with the unemployment rate steady at 5.3%. wage s nudged up just slightly, while the share of americans participating in the labor force remains stuck at a 38-year low. but experts say the overall report is proof the recovery is chugging along and likelynd kee the federal reserve on track for its first interest rate hike since 2006. hampton pearson has more on the numbers and what they mean for main street and wall street. for the first seven months of this year, job growth has been wide spread, averaging 212,000 jobs per month. health care continues to lead, up 436,000 for the year, including 28,000 last month. retailers have added 322,000 new employees as consumer spending picks up. and it was another strong month for professional and technical services, up 27,000, topping 301,000 for the year. those booming auto sales help manufacturing have its best month of the year. workers hours increased, but wage growth remained sta
17 months. 215,000 positions were added in july, with the unemployment rate steady at 5.3%. wage s nudged up just slightly, while the share of americans participating in the labor force remains stuck at a 38-year low. but experts say the overall report is proof the recovery is chugging along and likely keeps the federal reserve on track for its first interest rate hike since 2006. hampton pearson has more on the numbers and what they mean for main street and wall street. for the first seven months of this year, job growth has been wide spread, averaging 212,000 jobs per month. health care continues to lead, up 436,000 for the year, including 28,000 last month. retailers have added 322,000 new employees as consumer spending picks up. and it was another strong month for professional and technical services, up 27,000, topping 301,000 for the year. those booming auto sales help manufacturing have its best month of the year. workers hours increased, but wage growth remained sta
The Symphony Chorus of New Orleans presents "music for the masses" in more than one sense this weekend, with a program of music written for religious services that s also likely