Tag: S&P 500

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  US economy ever so strong: 312.000 jobs added in December

  

  The US economy created many more jobs than expected in December, according to the latest government data. Employers added 312,000 jobs, far ahead of predictions of 177,000, the Labor Department said.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  US markets suffer their sharpest one-day fall: fears of interest rates, inflation and trade tensions

  

  United States share markets suffered on Wednesday their sharpest one-day falls in months, as fears about rising interest rates, inflation, trade tensions intensified. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the declines, sliding 4%, or 315.9 points, to 7,422. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 also fell by more than 3%, with losses accelerating towards the end of the day. Netflix fell 8%, while Amazon slid 6%.