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Canada gave Stellantis 30 days to address the Brampton plant sale
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the automaker is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, without naming a figure, after it agreed to sell the idle Ontario plant.
US labor productivity rises 3.6% in Q3, the strongest pace in a year
Nonfarm business labor productivity rose 3.6% annualized in the third quarter, the strongest since Q3 2025 , BLS said, beating the 2.8% estimate. Unit labor costs fell 0.7%.
US jobless claims fall to 189,000, below the 196,000 estimate
US initial jobless claims fell 6,000 to 189,000 in the week ending Oct. 31, below the 196,000 economists expected, the Labor Department said. Continuing claims rose 23,000 to 1.718 million in the week ending Oct. 24.
Job changers' pay rose 4.8% as private payrolls grew by 86,000 in October, ADP says
Hiring matched September's downwardly revised pace and edged past the 75,000 forecast, with service industries doing most of the work.
Stock futures are mixed and Treasury yields edge up as Election Day arrives
Polls favor Democrats to win the House while the Senate is uncertain, and analysts see different implications for spending and markets.
Manufacturing jobs are inching up while a study warns of a technician skills gap
Manufacturing employment is up 72,000 since a December low, per the BLS. A Deloitte and Manufacturing Institute study says technician jobs could grow six times faster than production work through 2030.