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Wall Street gained on Friday as a tepid U.S. jobs report kept expectations muted for another interest rate hike this year, while investors kicked off a typically dour month for stocks on a positive note.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday as investors reacted to economic data and took cautious hope from Washington's latest promises for long-awaited details of a tax reform plan.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the original goal of getting Congress to pass comprehensive tax reform by August "got delayed a bit," but the administration is still on track to have a measure signed into law by the end of this year.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth outweighed concerns about escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea and uncertainty in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth outweighed concerns about escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea and uncertainty in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Major U.S. stock indexes ended higher on Tuesday after recovering from steep early losses triggered by fears that hostilities in the Korean Peninsula could escalate.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills rising while those on six-month bills were unchanged.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills rising while those on six-month bills were unchanged.

The S&P 500 and Dow ended little changed on Monday, with energy and bank shares lower as Tropical Storm Harvey crippled the U.S. energy hub in Texas, while tech and healthcare gave a boost to the Nasdaq.

Debt settlement isn't the Wild West industry it was a decade ago, when people routinely paid hefty upfront fees to companies that failed to deliver any relief.

Debt settlement isn't the Wild West industry it was a decade ago, when people routinely paid hefty upfront fees to companies that failed to deliver any relief.

U.S. stocks rose slightly on Friday, lifted by high-dividend-paying stocks, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stayed silent on monetary policy in a much-anticipated speech.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

The Latest on President Donald Trump, Republican Party (all times local): 3 p.m. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-shin) is predicting that Congress will raise the government's borrowing limit in September, before a deadline for default.

The U.S. financial system is in good shape.

Fanning the flames of GOP discord, President Donald Trump accused Republican congressional leaders Thursday of botching efforts to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt.

U.S. stocks dipped on Thursday as political uncertainty in Washington kept investors cautious ahead of comments on monetary policy from central bankers gathered for their annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

U.S. stocks dipped on Thursday as political uncertainty in Washington kept investors cautious ahead of comments on monetary policy from central bankers gathered for their annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Stocks hit a wall on Wednesday and gave back some of their gains from a day earlier, when the Standard & Poor's 500 index had one of its best days of the year.