Stock futures were lower Friday morning ahead of the May jobs report.
The major indexes have not recorded back-to-back positive weeks in about two months, as investors monitor a number of challenges including high inflation and the Federal Reserve's response to it, recession fears and
. However, stocks have moved solidly off their lows of the year, hit on May 20. The Nasdaq is up 11.6%, while the S&P 500 and Dow are up 9.6% and 8.5%, respectively.A Now Hiring sign at T.J. Maxx in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022., according to economists polled by Dow Jones. That would represent a slowdown compared with April's nonfarm payrolls report, which showed 428,000 jobs added in the month.
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