It’s the first full hour of Friday’s trading session, and Wall Street is particularly busy after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an increase of 227,000 new jobs in the labor market in November. Seana Smith and Madison Mills break down the biggest market stories on today’s episode of Catalysts.

KPMG Chief U.S. Economist Diane Swonk sits down with the Catalysts team to discuss the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path following November’s jobs data this morning. Central bank officials will meet in Washington, DC in two weeks for their final monetary policy meeting of 2024.

Fixed income strategist Collin Martin from the Schwab Center for Financial Research joins the show to discuss his outlook for corporate bonds through 2025.

Terry O’Day, COO and co-founder of InCharge Energy, weighs in on the future of the U.S. electric vehicle charging landscape as President-elect Donald Trump considers eliminating electric vehicle tax credits.

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Other top trending stocks on the Yahoo Finance platform include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Lululemon (LULU) after reporting their latest earnings results.

This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.