{"id":73956,"date":"2024-03-08T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/?p=73956"},"modified":"2024-03-08T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:12:09","slug":"coffee-with-greta-rising-unemployment-hits-yields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2024\/03\/08\/coffee-with-greta-rising-unemployment-hits-yields\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee With Greta: Rising Unemployment Hits Yields"},"content":{"rendered":"

DJIA Futures: <\/b>+5 (+0.01%)<\/span><\/p>\n

SPX Futures: <\/b>+11 (+0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n

NASDAQ Futures: <\/b>+29 (+0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Good morning friends!<\/span><\/p>\n

Futures are higher following the jobs report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get right to it!<\/span><\/p>\n

Unemployment Rises<\/span><\/h2>\n

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in February while the unemployment rate rose unexpectedly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Labor Department reported employers added 275,000 workers last month vs 198,000 expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% vs expectations for it to be unchanged at 3.7%.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the highest unemployment rate since January 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That increase in unemployment came even as the labor force participation rate held steady at 62.5%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The change in the unemployment rate appeared partly due to lower revisions in the previous two months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

January\u2019s job growth was revised lower by 124,000 to +229,000 while December was revised down by 43,000 to +290,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wages rose 0.1% monthly in February, below 0.2% expected, and were up 4.3% year over year vs 4.5% expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The healthcare sector saw the strongest growth last month adding 67,000 jobs, government added 52,000, restaurants and bars added 42,000, social assistance rose by 24,000, transportation and warehousing added 20,000, construction added 23,000, and retail trade added 19,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yields Fall After Jobs Report<\/span><\/h2>\n

Treasury yields are lower this morning following that unexpected uptick in the unemployment rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 10-year yield is down two basis points at 4.07% while the 2-year yield is down eight basis points at 4.44%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rising unemployment rate is a good sign for those hoping for a Fed rate cut sooner rather than later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CME Group\u2019s FedWatch Tool currently shows the market betting on the first cut at the bank\u2019s June meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Costco Slips After Revenue Miss<\/span><\/h2>\n

Costco <\/b>(COST) shares are down 3.4% ahead of the open after reporting mixed Q4 results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the big box retailer\u2019s results compared to analysts\u2019 estimates:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • EPS: $3.92 vs $3.63 expected<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Revenue: $58.4 billion vs $59.1 billion\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Revenue was up 5% year over year while same-store sales rose 5.6%\u00a0 vs 5% expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    E-commerce sales rose more than 18% from a year ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    In Case You Missed It<\/span><\/h2>\n
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    • Rivian <\/b>(RIVN) shares surged 13.4% on Thursday after the company unveiled three new EV models and announced new cost savings efforts. The electric automaker\u2019s CEO announced the upcoming R2 SUV and two new crossovers, the R3 and R3X during a livestreamed event. Rivian said it will pause construction on its new plant in Georgia and shift production of the new R2 from that location to its existing plant in Illinois. The move is expected to save the company $2.25 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      DJIA Futures: +5 (+0.01%) SPX Futures: +11 (+0.2%) NASDAQ Futures: +29 (+0.2%) Good morning friends! Futures are higher following the jobs report.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get right to it! Unemployment Rises The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in February while the unemployment rate rose unexpectedly.\u00a0 The Labor Department reported employers added 275,000 workers last month vs 198,000 expected.\u00a0 The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% vs expectations for it to be unchanged at 3.7%. It was the highest unemployment rate since January 2022.\u00a0 That increase in unemployment came even as the labor force participation rate held steady at 62.5%. The change in the unemployment rate appeared partly due to lower revisions in the previous two months.\u00a0 January\u2019s job growth was revised lower by 124,000 to +229,000 while December was revised down by 43,000 to +290,000.\u00a0 Wages rose 0.1% monthly in February, below 0.2% expected, and were up 4.3% year over year vs 4.5% expected.\u00a0 The healthcare sector saw the strongest growth last month adding 67,000 jobs, government added 52,000, restaurants and bars added 42,000, social assistance rose by 24,000, transportation and warehousing added 20,000, construction added 23,000, and retail trade added 19,000. Yields Fall After Jobs Report Treasury yields are lower this morning following that unexpected uptick in the unemployment rate.\u00a0 The 10-year yield is down two basis points at 4.07% while the 2-year yield is down eight basis points at 4.44%. The rising unemployment rate is a good sign for those hoping for a Fed rate cut sooner rather than later.\u00a0 CME Group\u2019s FedWatch Tool currently shows the market betting on the first cut at the bank\u2019s June meeting.\u00a0 Costco Slips After Revenue Miss Costco (COST) shares are down 3.4% ahead of the open after reporting mixed Q4 results.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how the big box retailer\u2019s results compared to analysts\u2019 estimates:\u00a0 EPS: $3.92 vs $3.63 expected Revenue: $58.4 billion vs $59.1 billion\u00a0 Revenue was up 5% year over year while same-store sales rose 5.6%\u00a0 vs 5% expected.\u00a0 E-commerce sales rose more than 18% from a year ago.\u00a0 In Case You Missed It Rivian (RIVN) shares surged 13.4% on Thursday after the company unveiled three new EV models and announced new cost savings efforts. The electric automaker\u2019s CEO announced the upcoming R2 SUV and two new crossovers, the R3 and R3X during a livestreamed event. Rivian said it will pause construction on its new plant in Georgia and shift production of the new R2 from that location to its existing plant in Illinois. The move is expected to save the company $2.25 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":73961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[739],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coffee-with-greta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73964,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73956\/revisions\/73964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}