economic data

Nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000, but participation rate hit 61.8%—the lowest since September 2021—signaling the labor market's gains may be more cyclical than structural.

Participation fell to 61.4% in July 2026, its lowest since March 2021, with demographic shifts and immigration slowdown accounting for most of the decline.

Investors slash U.S. and U.K. rate-increase expectations on softer economic data, but long-duration Treasury yields climb as real-money buyers grow selective on entry points

Business sentiment reached its highest level since 2011, but the S&P 500 went flat and the Nasdaq fell 0.6 percent, widening a gap between executive confidence and market reality

Weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer spending data pressured technology and e-commerce stocks, dragging the Nasdaq Composite down 0.6 percent.