Wall Street cheers bad news on jobs, sending stocks higher and betting that a soft labor market will force Powell's hand in December

fortune.com/2025/11/05/wall-street-powell-december-jobs-report-bad-news-investors-cheer-rate-cut

Stocks rose on Wall Street Wednesday as more U.S. companies turn in their latest quarterly reports and several economic updates shed some light on the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 62 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:35 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq…

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