Investor Jitters As Soft Landing Recedes

Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist, IG International

Morning Run · Market Watch · 5 Aug 2024 · 07:00 am · 12 mins listen

The July non-farm payrolls signalled a weaker US labour market than anticipated, triggering a massive sell off of US equities on Friday. In just a few days, market narrative has flipped from a soft landing to looming recession. Are investors overreacting? Yeap Jun Rong of IG International weighs in on these developments.

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markets,economy

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us labour market,us equity markets,federal reserve,u.s. non-farm payrolls

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