Wall Street's fervent hopes and prayers for rate-cut ammo were not fulfilled.
Wall Street, clamoring for three to four rate cuts this year, was hoping and praying fervently for a lousy jobs report that would "force" the Fed to cut rates. Those hopes and prayers were not fulfilled when the Labor Department released its data trove for June this morning, the last jobs report before the next Fed meeting. Stocks instantly swooned. And the 10-year Treasury yield jumped by 10 basis points from 1.95% to 2.05%.
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