{"id":321185,"date":"2026-03-09T19:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/321185\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:59:13","slug":"iran-jobs-data-put-the-fed-between-a-rock-a-hard-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/321185\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran, jobs data put the Fed between a rock &#038; a hard place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Yahoo Finance;\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img alt=\"Yahoo Finance\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"194\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Yahoo-finance-logo-light.png\"\/><\/a>Fri, March 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773086353_750_image.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The US economy <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/jobs-report-shocks-with-unexpected-loss-of-92000-jobs-in-february-as-unemployment-rate-rises-200907904.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:lost 92,000 jobs in the month of February;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost 92,000 jobs in the month of February<\/a>, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) outlined in its latest jobs report, as opposed to the gain of 55,000 jobs that economists forecast. Meanwhile, oil (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/CL=F\" data-ylk=\"slk:CL=F;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CL=F<\/a>, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/BZ=F\" data-ylk=\"slk:BZ=F;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BZ=F<\/a>) prices continue to surge on the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo Finance Fed Correspondent <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/author\/jennifer-schonberger\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Schonberger;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Schonberger<\/a> joins Market Catalysts host <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/author\/julie-hyman\/?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" data-ylk=\"slk:Julie Hyman;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Hyman<\/a> to discuss what the newest jobs numbers could mean for the Federal Reserve this year.<\/p>\n<p>To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/videos\/series\/market-catalysts\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Market Catalysts;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Market Catalysts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, March 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM UTC The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in the month of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[240,138,219,173553,3506,47978,173552,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-321185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bureau-of-labor-statistics","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-jennifer-schonberger","tag-jobs-report","tag-julie-hyman","tag-market-catalysts","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}