US Equity Indexes Rise This Week as Sinking Payrolls Boost Rate Cut Outlook After Powell Pours Cold Water on Hikes
US Equity Indexes Rise This Week as Sinking Payrolls Boost Rate Cut Outlook After Powell Pours Cold Water on Hikes
US equity indexes rose this week as slumping nonfarm payrolls raised bets on policy easing shortly after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell rejected the possibility of interest rate hikes.
在美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔拒绝加息可能性后不久，非农就业人数暴跌引发了人们对放松政策的押注，美国股指本周上涨。
* The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to 38,675.68 on Friday from 38,239.66 a week ago. The S&P 500 ended at 5,127.79, climbing from 5,099.66, and the Nasdaq closed at 16,156.33 compared with 15,927.90 a week prior.
* 周五，道琼斯工业平均指数从一周前的38,239.66升至38,675.68点。标准普尔500指数收于5,127.79点，从5,099.66上涨；纳斯达克指数收于16,156.33点，而一周前为15,927.90点。
* On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee left interest rates unchanged in the 5.25% to 5.5% range for the sixth consecutive meeting.
*周三，联邦公开市场委员会连续第六次会议将利率维持在5.25％至5.5％区间不变。
* "The main flashes from the Fed last night was that while the FOMC made several hawkish tweaks, Powell signaled that rate hikes remained unlikely and the Fed announced a slightly-larger-than-expected slowing of [quantitative tightening]," Jim Reid, the head of global fundamental credit strategy at Deutsche Bank, said in a note Thursday. "It's hard to say it was a dovish meeting but given the recent inflation prints it could have been a lot more hawkish."
* 德意志银行全球基本面信贷策略主管吉姆·里德周四在一份报告中表示：“美联储昨晚的主要亮点是，尽管联邦公开市场委员会做出了几次鹰派调整，但鲍威尔表示加息的可能性仍然不大，美联储宣布 [量化紧缩] 的放缓幅度略大于预期。”“很难说这是一次鸽派会议，但考虑到最近的通货膨胀数据，会议可能会更加鹰派。”
* On Friday, a bearish jobs report landed. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 175,000 in April, below expectations for an increase of 240,000, following an upwardly revised 315,000 gain in March and a downwardly revised 236,000 increase in February. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8%. Average hourly earnings grew 0.2% versus 0.3% in March, slowing the year-over-year rate to 3.9% from 4.1%.
* 周五，一份看跌的就业报告出炉。继3月份向上修正的增长31.5万人和2月份向下修正的23.6万人之后，4月份非农就业人数增加了17.5万人，低于预期的24万人。失业率从3.8％上升至3.9％。平均小时收入从3月份的0.3％增长了0.2％，同比增长率从4.1％放缓至3.9％。
* The probability of the Fed leaving interest rate unchanged in September fell to almost 33% from more than 38% the previous day and 43% a week ago, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
* 芝加哥商品交易所集团的FedWatch工具显示，美联储9月份维持利率不变的可能性从前一天的38％以上和一周前的43％降至近33％。
* Technology was the strongest gainer on Friday. It was also among the top performers during the week, reflecting the push-and-pull going on in markets regarding the timing of the beginning of the Fed's easing cycle.
* 周五，科技股涨幅最大。它也是本周表现最好的股票之一，这反映了市场在美联储宽松周期开始时机方面的推拉。
* Corporate earnings also helped lift markets this week, including those from heavyweights Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL).
* 本周企业收益也帮助提振了市场，包括重量级人物亚马逊（AMZN）和苹果（AAPL）的财报。
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