US employers added 275,000 jobs in February,
according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.
That's ABOVE economists’ expectations of 200,000 jobs ....and just as important, the unemployment rate continued to stay UNDER 3.99% for a whopping 25 months - marking the longest positive outcomes in over 50 years!!! 
Jan Hatzius predicted a soft landing in late 2022, back when many feared a recession was inevitable.
The Goldman Sachs chief economist made a name for himself by making the opposite call in 2008, warning that toxic mortgages would ignite a recession.
Now, Hatzius is offering a mostly optimistic forecast 
March 20:
Investors celebrate the Fed's decisions
Investors are still digesting Wednesday's
Federal Reserve's policy rate decision,
economic projections and Fed Chair Jerome
Powell's press conference, but so far
they seem to like what they've seen and heard!
"Despite projections of stronger growth,
lower unemployment, and slightly higher
core PCE inflation, policymakers still anticipate
three rate cuts this year," wrote Whitney Watson,
global co-head and co-chief investment officer
of Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions at
Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
investors like me r very pleased 
i figure a small sellof on thursday before rebounding bigly as they return to optimism !!
@KellyM_1964
Probably some profit-taking should be expected, but I agree it should finish even higher by Friday afternoon barring any unforeseen events.
Stock Market
It’s a pretty good day for Wall Street — the Dow Jones Industrial Average is closing in on the 40,000 threshold for the first time in its 128-year history.
The Federal Reserve sent stocks soaring on Wednesday after officials kept interest rates unchanged and maintained their forecast for three rate cuts this year. All three major indexes ended the day at new highs and the S&P 500 crossed the key 5,200 level for the first time.
That rally continues Thursday.
The last forecast called for 5 rate cuts this year. We'll see you next time when rates stay the same and they call for 2 rate cuts 
European and Asian stocks also climbed
as the party went global. 
Switzerland’s central bank became the first
from a wealthy, advanced economy to cut
its interest rate on Thursday and
the Bank of England kept its rate unchanged.
It’s a pretty good day for Wall Street
— the Dow Jones Industrial Average is closing in on the 40,000 threshold for the first time in its 128-year history. 
The Federal Reserve sent stocks soaring on Wednesday after officials kept interest rates unchanged and maintained their forecast for three rate cuts this year. All three major indexes ended the day at new highs and the S&P 500 crossed the key 5,200 level for the first time.
That rally continues Thursday!
Traders in the US are now expecting
a nearly 72% chance that the Fed
begins cutting rates in June,
according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool.
That’s up from a 59% forecast last week.
*now...cue the pro-fascist negative nancies
Yes! DOW flirting with the remarkable threshold of eclipsing 40,000
Established in 1995,
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