News that the U.S. economy created a surprisingly small number of jobs in September boosted stocks Friday.
Category: TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT – Oct 6 2026
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BOOMING U.S. STOCK MARKET SHOWS WARNING SIGNS
The overall value of the U.S. stock market continued to reach new records in this year’s third quarter, with earnings among the Standard & Poor’s 500 companies again exceeding 25 percent.
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FELL DRAMATICALLY IN SEPTEMBER
Last month, consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level in 12 years, the Conference Board said in reporting the results of its newest monthly poll.
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U.S. MORTGAGE RATE POSTS ITS BIGGEST GAIN IN FOUR YEARS
Last week, the average U.S. interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage shot up to 7.28 percent from 7.03 the week before, marking the biggest weekly jump since October 2022, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
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U.S. ECONOMY ADDED ONLY 29,000 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER
Employers took on only an additional 29,000 non-farm workers last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) initial tally, barely a third of the 84,000 economists in a Dow Jones survey had expected.