3. Jobs report
Friday brings the monthly jobs report out of the Labor Department, and Wall Street is calling for a slowdown — again. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect job growth of 190,000. That would be slower than the 253,000 jobs added in April, below the year-to-date monthly average of 284,500 and the lowest monthly gain since December 2020. But the job market has been so far been resilient against a backdrop of rising interest rates, and job growth has topped consensus estimates 13 of 16 times since January 2022. The report is due to come out at 8:30 a.m. ET.
4. Walmart cuts waste
Your Walmart delivery may soon look a little different. The big-box retailer is cutting waste in its packaging with plans to swap plastic mailers for recyclable paper ones; to introduce made-to-fit technology to match box size more closely with the items being shipped; and to allow curbside pickup customers to skip the plastic bags. “It’s about making sustainability the everyday choice for our customers,” said Jane Ewing, Walmart’s senior vice president of sustainability. “And it’s about making sure the path of least resistance is the most sustainable one.”
5. Inflation check
Sure, prices are high. But how high? Across the board? When will they come down? Are you cracking under the pricing pressure? CNBC dug into recent and persistent inflation, attempting to answer questions like who does inflation hit hardest, how do we measure it, and why is it so sticky? We know inflation has reshaped car buying for many Americans, forced consumers to reckon with this-or-that choices, and challenged companies that depend on discretionary spending. What we don’t know just yet, is where it all goes from here. Read more from CNBC on inflation, explained.
— CNBC’s Sara Salinas wrote this newsletter. Alex Harring, Yun Li, Samantha Subin, Christina Wilkie, Jeff Cox and Melissa Repko contributed.
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