Wall St falls as jobs data fans higher rate fears

(Updates with report) * Nonfarm payrolls increase 517,000 in January * Unemployment rate at 3.4% compared to 3.5% in December * Average hourly earnings rise 0.3%; up 4.4% year-on-year By Lucia

By Seher Dareen (Reuters) - Gold prices dropped to a three-week low on Friday after solid U.S. non-farm payrolls data raised fears that the Federal Reserve could keep hiking interest rates. Spot gold

By David Randall NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields jumped higher on Friday after a report that showed job growth surged in January, further complicating the Federal Reserve's attempts

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(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Friday after data showed the economy added jobs at a rapid pace last month, feeding into fears that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates

By Shubham Batra, Shreyashi Sanyal and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Friday after data showed the economy added jobs at a rapid pace last month,

(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver at least two more interest-rate hikes, taking the benchmark rate to above 5%, before monetary policy will be sufficiently restrictive to bridle an

(Adds comment, updates markets) Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver at least two more interest-rate hikes, taking the benchmark rate to above 5%, before monetary policy will be

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Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department seasonally adjusted jobs data. In 1,000s, Change Jan Dec Nov in Non-farm Payrolls 517 260 290 Jobless Rate (Pct) 3.4 3.5 3.6 Labor Participation Rate (Pct) 62.4