Wall St rallies as jobs, services data calm rate hike worries

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U.S. stocks rallied on Friday after data showed a moderation in wage gains and contraction in U.S. services activity, easing worries over the Federal Reserve's rate-hike trajectory

, while a 0.3% rise in average earnings was smaller than expected and less than the previous month's 0.4%.declined for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years in December as demand weakened, with more signs of inflation easing.

"We got good news on the inflation front with wage gains that are slowing. We got participation rates pick up again and yet we're still creating jobs. It's a kind of a win-win for the economy. And on the other side the ISM services report was really weak and broadly weak," said Megan Horneman, chief investment officer at Verdence Capital Management in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

"That's basically making people think the Fed is nearing the end of what's been one of the most aggressive tightening cycles we've seen in decades. That's why the markets are taking off."

 

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