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Ed Elson

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Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

And finally, Apple stock fell nearly 2% on lackluster AI product news at its developer conference.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

Okay, what else is happening?

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

The May jobs report dropped on Friday, and while it was a blowout, markets took it as bad news.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

The economy added 172,000 jobs last month, more than double what forecasters expected.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, plus the March and April reports were also revised higher, adding another 93,000 jobs.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

However,

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

This strong report caused a massive sell-off on Friday.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

The S&P closed down almost 3%, and the Nasdaq fell more than 4%.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

That was its worst drop since Liberation Day.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

So here to unpack this report and also why markets reacted so badly, we are speaking with Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan and also founder of Platypus Economics.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

Justin, great to see you.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

Thank you for joining us again on the show.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

I want to get into the market's reaction.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

But before we do that, let's first just make sense of this jobs report, which was seemingly really strong.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

172,000 jobs added in May.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

The previous reports revised upward.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

Give us your read on what we saw in that jobs report.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

What about people who see this jobs report, and I've seen this online, and they say, I don't believe it.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

They're lying.

Prof G Markets
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street

You know, this is some sort of grift from the president.