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  1. September Jobs Report

    U.S. Payrolls and Wages Cool While Jobless Rate Hits 48-Year Low

    Nonfarm payrolls rose 134,000 after a 270,000 gain the prior month that reflected a large upward revision, a Labor Department report showed Friday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey called for an increase of 185,000 jobs. Average hourly earnings climbed 2.8 percent from a year earlier, matching projections, while the jobless rate fell more than projected to 3.7 percent, the lowest since 1969.
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  2. Yields and spying send stocks reeling

    Stocks tumbled to open Thursday's trading. Higher bond yields and some spy game concerns led to some profit taking and outright selling for the first time in a while. The Dow lost 201-points, or 0.75%, which was well off the lows as stocks actually rallied into the close. It got close but we haven't had a 1% loss in the S&P 500 since late June. We did get more than a 1% loss in the Nasdaq and the small caps yesterday.

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