The US markets closed higher on Wednesday, extending their recent streak of advances that’s taken all major benchmarks to record levels. The US budget deficit is proving to be a major obstacle to the tax reform plan being offered by President Donald Trump and top congressional Republicans, with one leading Senate hawk saying a week after the plan was introduced that any enlarging of the fiscal gap could kill his support. From proposed infrastructure enhancements to a military build-up, the deficit long ago put the brakes on major new federal spending programs; now Trump’s tax-cut proposal is threatened. The Republican tax plan unveiled last week calls for as much as $6 trillion in tax cuts that would sharply reduce federal revenues.
On the economy front, private-sector employment slowed in September as firms added 135,000 jobs. ADP revised August’s gain to 228,000. The small-business sector lost jobs in September, while medium and large firms reported payroll gains. The trade sector was weak, while manufacturing showed a gain of 18,000 jobs. Markit’s September figure for its services purchasing managers index dipped to 55.3 in September from 56 in August. The comparable ISM report for the same month rose to 59.8, compared with 55.3 in the prior period and marked its highest level since mid-2005.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 19.97 points or 0.09 percent to 22,661.64, the Nasdaq gained 2.92 points or 0.04 percent to 6,534.63, and the S&P 500 edged higher by 3.16 points or 0.12 percent to 2,537.74.
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