8 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 1
After March’s unexpectedly strong hiring, analysts expect fewer than 100,000 jobs added, while money markets see only a small chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut this year.
Investors will also watch JOLTS openings, ADP payrolls, jobless claims, ISM services and Michigan consumer sentiment for signs higher energy prices and the Middle East war are slowing the economy.
The Fed kept rates unchanged, with three dissents against its easing bias, as global markets also track oil prices, central bank decisions and data across Europe, Asia, Canada and Mexico.
With AI driving demand and conflict driving oil prices, is the world entering a new era of unmanageable inflation?
As shipping flees the Suez Canal, which overlooked nations are quietly profiting from the new map of global trade?