The US labor market unexpectedly declined in February, showing a sharp drop compared to January. The data will reinforce investors' concerns about the state of the labor market after a weak 2025, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6542bd0c-59ca-493b-ab5d-2d69e4e00cae">says the</a> Financial Times. Jobs are one of the areas, along with inflation, that the Fed monitors when setting interest rates.

The number of jobs in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in February. What does this mean for the Fed?

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

BHP Group Limited

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

The Walt Disney Company

NVIDIA Corporation

Apple Inc.

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.

Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc.

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Pinterest, Inc.

Expedia Group, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: quotes are looking downward

Cisco Systems, Inc.

AppLovin Corporation

Equinix, Inc.

Rollins, Inc.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

Cognex Corporation

T-Mobile US, Inc.

Vertiv Holdings Co

Generac Holdings Inc.

Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc.

Moderna, Inc.

Morning in New York: investors in search of new benchmarks

Employment growth in the United States accelerated in January and exceeded economists' expectations more than twice. A total of 130 thousand new jobs outside the agricultural sector <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">appeared</a> last month after 50 thousand a month earlier, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. While analysts expected to see this figure in January at 55 thousand (according to The Wall Street Journal) and 70 thousand, according to the estimates of economists surveyed by Reuters.

US employment data - better than forecasts. Why the analyst thinks: the market is "frozen"

Cloudflare, Inc.

Mattel, Inc.

Lyft, Inc.

Astera Labs, Inc.

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Spotify Technology S.A.

Datadog, Inc.

BP p.l.c.

The Coca-Cola Company

Hasbro, Inc.

New York morning: employment data in focus

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Novo Nordisk A/S

Roblox Corporation

Reddit, Inc.

Arm Holdings plc

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Intel Corporation

Morning in New York: waiting for the sentiment to stabilize

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Snap Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Morning in New York: statistics and corporate news will determine the trading vector

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will postpone the release of the employment report for January, which was scheduled for Friday, February 6, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-02/january-jobs-report-will-be-delayed-due-to-shutdown-bls-says?sref=Y0jVLcFo&amp;embedded-checkout=true">writes</a>. It was supposed to be the culmination of a busy week of economic statistics, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/02/fridays-jobs-report-will-be-delayed-because-of-the-partial-government-shutdown.html">recalls</a> CNBC.

Important for investors reports on the US labor market will not be released due to the partial shutdown 

There is "more good news than bad news" in the first timely U.S. jobs report in three recent months, analyst says

The US labor market is stabilizing. Is the worst of the worst behind us?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

ConocoPhillips

Aehr Test Systems, Inc.

Rio Tinto Group

Glencore plc

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Constellation Brands, Inc.

Morning in New York: news contributes to volatility spike

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation

Globus Medical, Inc.

Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

AbbVie Inc.

GameStop Corp.

AAR Corp.

Blackstone Inc.

Morning in New York: investors will continue to assess the environment

The number of new jobs in the US private sector increased by 41,000 in December last year after a decline of 32,000 in November, and wages rose by 4.4% compared to the same period last year, <a href="https://mediacenter.adp.com/2026-01-07-ADP-National-Employment-Report-Private-Sector-Employment-Increased-by-41,000-Jobs-in-December-Annual-Pay-was-Up-4-4">according to</a> ADP's monthly employment report. These figures were lower than the forecasts of economists surveyed <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-markets-view-usa-2026-01-07/">by Reuters</a>, who expected an increase of 47,000 in the number of private sector employees in the US during this period.

The number of new jobs in the US is showing moderate growth. How will the markets react?

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