IMF Managing Director Georgieva said the economy was showing resilience. Inflation was falling and the achievement did not pose a risk of recession.
Treasury yields surged as traders scaled back expectations for a big Fed rate cut this year after the latest data showed the US economy was resilient. Traders scaled back bets that the Fed would cut rates sharply in September, expecting a cut of less than 30 basis points next month. They now expect the Fed to cut rates by a total of 92 basis points for the rest of 2024, down from more than 100 basis points before the data.
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July 5, according to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. added 206,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent. Despite the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates at their highest level in more than two decades, the report shows that labor market resilience remains. The report shows that U.S. hiring activity has slowed and the labor market appears to have reached a better balance. The unemployment rate has risen from a multi-decade ...