(Finance) – Little seat moved to Wall Steetwith investors evaluating the Last macroeconomic data (to have indications on the direction of monetary policy) and the quarterly.
Before the bell, it emerged that the non -agricultural payroll increased by 143,000 a Januaryfalling compared to the revised level of the rise of 307,000 in December, according to the data of the Department of Labor. It is a figure lower than the expectations of analysts, equal to 169,000, while the unemployment rate decreased to 4% and the average remuneration continued to increase.
Although a slowdown in the demand for work has emerged, it is unlikely that this set of data will convince the Federal Reserve to loosen the monetary policy earlier than expected, also because there have been large revisions in the monthly data, which may also have been distorted by extreme weather events.
The January figures “have given continuity to the excellent figures of recent months – commented Filippo Diodovich, Senior Market Strategist of IG Italia – with the exception of the bass given on the creation of new jobs in January, all the remaining figures have shown a healthy job market. The strong revision when the new uses of the previous months (December above 300 thousand, best given from January 2023), the descent of the unemployment rate to 4% and the growth of wages very strong are encouraging figures that push the Federal Reserve a Maintain interest rates on current levels and to have no doubts about potential cuts in the cost of money “.
On the front of corporate resultsbad Amazonwhich provided for sales for the first quarter of 2025 from 151 billion to 155.5 billion dollars, weaker of estimates of $ 158.33 billion, despite the e-commerce giant has exceeded expectations for the accounts of the last quarter of 2024. Among the other quarterly, Pinterest recorded a better turnover than expected of $ 1.15 billion in the fourth quarter, exceeding the 1 billion finish for the first time, while Affirm He recorded a surprising quarterly profit in the wake of a solid season of Christmas purchases and provided for a positive annual turnover.
Looking at main indexes of Wall StreetThe Dow Jones It is substantially stable and is positioned on 44,773 points; on the same line, day without infamy and without praise for theS & P-500which remains at 6,094 points. Just above equality the Nasdaq 100 (+0.35%); On equality theS & P 100 (+0.13%).