May 08 (Saturday)

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Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
Dow jumps more than 200 points to another record as investors look past big jobs miss | C
Stock market may be misreading what weak jobs report means for the Fed | C
From Dutch Tulips to Internet Stocks, How to Spot a Financial Bubble | W
A joke cryptocurrency has risen more than 26,000% in the last six months | C

Central banks
Fed’s super-easy policy likely to stick after weak jobs report | R
Investors back off view that Fed could raise rates in late 2022 | R

US I
U.S. Employers Added 266,000 Jobs in April as Hiring Slowed | W
April jobs fall short of expectations. Five analysts on the miss | C
U.S. hiring takes big step back as businesses scramble for workers, raw materials | R
Restaurant Staff Shortages Pique Appetite For Automation | Crunchbase News
Montana, South Carolina ending participation in fed unemployment programs | C
Unemployment Benefits Become Target Amid Hiring Difficulty | W

US II
Rent Surges on Single-Family Homes With Landlords Testing Market | B
Leaving California for Texas: Green Dot moves headquarters to Austin | C
At least 7 million people are likely to get unemployment tax refunds | C

China
China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event hosted by Germany, U.S. and UK | C

Industries & companies
Consumer discretionary: Amazon mails postcards to sellers to verify whether their addresses are real | C

Virus
U.S. Covid-19 Metrics Signal Hopeful Turn | W
Covid cases are falling in 30 states with a third of Americans fully vaccinated | C
AstraZeneca Weighs Seeking Full U.S. Approval for Covid Shot, Skipping Emergency-Use Application | W
A Small Brazilian Town Is Beating Covid-19 Through a Unique Experiment | W

Corporate finance
Grab’s Huge SPAC Merger Heralds Asia’s Next Tech Boom | W

Offbeat
Chinese Rocket Debris Expected to Tumble Into Earth’s Atmosphere This Weekend | W