Economic Indicators

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Citigroup Inc., up $2.57 to $55.13 Bank stocks rallied as interest rates turned higher, reversing a steep decrease the day before.

Holtz-Eakin, who served as CBO director under former President George W. Bush, said the economy’s fundamentals remain strong despite market volatility.

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

Powell seemingly acknowledged that despite strong economic data, investors are anxious after Wall Street experienced a rocky month in December

Nearly all industry sectors benefited from the robust jobs in December, with health care and education leading the way by adding 82,000 to their payrolls.

China's government says American envoys will visit Beijing on Monday for talks on a tariff fight that threatens to put a drag on global economic growth.

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said the U.S. central bank could stop raising interest rates if inflation doesn’t increase.

The jobs report should revive investor optimism.

After all, who knows what’s best for the economy? The Fed? Trump? Wall Street?

The Department of Labor released its payroll data early Friday morning, its final one for 2018.

Stocks surge on strong US jobs report, hopes for upcoming US-China trade talks; Dow Jones industrials rise 500 points.

The Department of Labor released its payroll data early Friday morning, its final one for 2018.

Even with fear of a global economic slump depressing stock markets, Friday's jobs report for December is expected to offer reassurance that the U.S. economy remains sturdy and on track to expand for a 10th straight year.

Parts of Lebanon's public and private sectors have gone on strike called for by the country's labor unions to protest worsening economic conditions and months of delay in the formation of a new government.

A closely watched survey is showing that the protests that brought much of France to a standstill in December weighed on economic activity across the 19-country eurozone, with growth at its slowest in more than four years.

A new study published by ManpowerGroup looked at the cities that will have the best hiring opportunities this year.

Economists are expecting 177,000 jobs to have been created in December.

Apple's warning that its sales in China weakened over the holidays added to investors' fears that the global economy is losing strength, with the trade fight between the U.S. and China making the situation worse.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 10:20 a.m.

Stocks take a beating after iPhone sales slip; Dow falls 660 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled Thursday on Wall Street, with technology companies suffering their worst loss in seven years, after Apple reported that iPhone sales are slipping in China.