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Wall Street hits 2023 high as it mulls whether economy is too warm or just right

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The strong jobs data Friday keep at bay worries about a possible recession, at least for a while longer, and stocks of some companies whose profits are closely tied to the strength of the economy were rising.
(Richard Drew / Associated Press)

Wall Street climbed back to its best level in 20 months on Friday after a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 0.4%, enough to clinch a sixth straight winning week for the index, which is its longest such streak in four years. Wall Street’s main measure of health is now just 4% below its record set at the start of last year.

The Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite each gained 0.4%.

Yields rose more sharply in the bond market after the report, which said U.S. employers added more jobs than economists expected last month. Workers’ wages also rose more than expected, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly improved.

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The strong data keep at bay worries about a possible recession, at least for a while longer, and stocks of some companies whose profits are closely tied to the strength of the economy rose. Energy-related companies had the biggest gains, with those in the S&P 500 up 1.1% as oil prices rose amid hopes for more demand for fuel.

Carrier Global climbed 4.5% for one of the market’s biggest gains after it said it agreed to sell its security business, Global Access Solutions, to Honeywell for $4.95 billion.

The nation’s employers added a solid 199,000 jobs last month and the jobless rate fell, fresh signs the economy could achieve an elusive ‘soft landing.’

But the worry on Wall Street is that the remarkably resilient job market could also end up giving inflation more fuel. That could push the Federal Reserve to either raise its main interest rate further or at least keep it at its highest level since 2001 for longer than expected.

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That in turn could dilute the central hope that’s helped stocks rally recently to their best levels since March 2022: Inflation has come down enough since peaking two summers ago for the Fed to finally halt its interest rate increases and begin cutting them next year.

“The Fed is so afraid of ‘giving up before the job is done’ that it will err on the side of overdoing it,” said Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management.

Overall, the job data looked decent, Bank of America economists said in a BofA Global Research report. They said the numbers back up their expectation “that economic activity will slow, not crash.”

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After the jobs report, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.22% from 4.15% late Thursday. It had been on a general decline and relaxing the pressure on stocks since topping 5% in October and reaching its highest level since 2007.

The yield on the two-year Treasury, which more closely follows expectations for the Fed, rose to 4.72% from 4.60% as traders pulled back on bets for how many times the Fed could cut rates in 2024.

California policymakers are counting on offshore wind projects producing 25 gigawatts of electricity by 2045.

High rates and yields hurt all kinds of investments, and they pack a particularly hard punch on stocks seen as the most expensive or requiring their investors to wait a long time for big growth.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, slipped 1.4% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. A day earlier, it had leaped amid excitement about the launch of its latest artificial-intelligence offering. Other Big Tech stocks were stronger, with Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft all rising.

Also on the losing end was RH. The home furnishings company slumped 14% after reporting weaker results for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Friday’s jobs report is one of the last major pieces of data the Fed will get before it announces its next move on interest rates Wednesday. The next comes Tuesday, when the U.S. government gives the latest monthly update on how high inflation is for U.S. consumers.

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The widespread expectation is still for the Fed to hold its main interest rate steady next week, according to data from CME Group. But traders are now betting on less than a 46% chance the Fed will have cut rates by March. That’s down from nearly 65% a day earlier.

In one of his first major interviews since getting fired and rehired at artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, Sam Altman spoke with Trevor Noah.

Another preliminary report Friday offered more encouragement. It said that U.S. consumers’ expectations for inflation in the coming year plunged to 3.1% from 4.5% a month earlier, the lowest since March 2021. The Fed has said it pays close attention to such expectations, fearing a rise there could lead to a vicious cycle that keeps inflation high.

The preliminary report from the University of Michigan also said that sentiment among consumers strengthened enough to erase all its declines from the prior four months, mainly because of improved expectations for inflation.

The stock market flipped from modest losses during the morning to gains after the report.

In the oil market, crude prices rose to recover some of their sharp losses in recent months. A barrel of benchmark U.S. oil gained $1.89 to $71.23, though it’s still more than $20 below where it was in September. It’s been tumbling on worries that demand from the global economy won’t be strong enough to absorb all the world’s available supplies.

Brent crude, the international standard, rose $1.79 to $75.84 a barrel.

In stock markets abroad, indexes were mostly higher in Europe and mixed in Asia. The Nikkei 225 fell 1.7% for a second straight tumble amid speculation that the Bank of Japan will ease off its ultra-easy policy on interest rates.

AP writer Zimo Zhong contributed to this report.

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