The upcoming February non-farm payrolls report is expected to show another increase in jobs, with government employment likely to weaken. Read my analysis here.

Planned layoffs surged to the highest monthly total since mid-2020 last month, with the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk's fingerprints all over the data, according to the Challenger,

More Americans filed for initial jobless benefits last week, according to the Department of Labor, raising the tally to the highest weekly level since December. The week through Feb. 22 brought 242,000 initial jobless claims,

The S&P 500 experienced volatility and was little changed, influenced by President Donald Trump’s announcement to proceed with tariffs on Canada and Mexico. At the time of writing, the S&P 500 index was flat from the previous change at 5,