Stocks and Bonds Fall After Strong Jobs Report Fuels Interest Rate Concerns

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  Surprise fall in inflation boosts interest rate cut hopes

  Inflation falls for the first time in three months, sparking expectations rates may be cut to 4.5% in February.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 15
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  Stocks fall back to pre-Election Day levels amid renewed inflation and interest-rate concerns

  The post-Election Day rally in stock prices is fading amid forecasts that the Federal Reserve will not lower interest rates as much as expected.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 13

• Stock market plunges after better-than-expected December jobs report

  The Labor Department reported Friday that 265,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December, which was roughly 100,000 more than expected. The unemployment rate also fell to 4.1%. CBS News ...
  
  CBS News - Jan. 10

• 10-, 30-year Treasury yields end at highest since November 2023 after strong jobs report

  Yields on 10- and 30-year U.S. government debt finished at their highest levels in over a year on Friday after December payrolls data came in stronger than expected, reducing market expectations ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 10

• Strong December job growth could augur fewer Fed interest-rate cuts

  Employers across the U.S. added a robust 256,000 jobs in December, a sign the labor market remains in good shape.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 10
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  Falling Chinese bond yields signal concern with deflation

  Investors expect price pressures to become entrenched in world’s second-largest economy
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 10
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  Lloyds Banking Group’s branch shake-up fuels concern over closures and job cuts

  Company’s customers across Halifax, Bank of Scotland and flagship brand to be allowed to use others’ premises
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 8

• Stocks appear ‘rate sensitive once again’ as bond yields press higher

  Rising interest rates in the bond market seems to be weighing on stocks, as investors wait for an upcoming U.S. jobs report and for Wall Street banks to kick off corporate earnings season.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 6

• Chinese stock market slump deepens with bond yields hitting record lows as PBOC reportedly signals rate cuts

  Economic data on tap appeared thin on Friday, while investors in Asia continue to assess China's monetary easing policy, political chaos in South Korea.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 3

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