Thursday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall Street edges lower as focus shifts to payrolls data

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Holds Gains as Traders Mull Jobs Data, Await Payrolls Print

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Swings as OPEC+ Production Pause Vies With Risk-Off Mood

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Services Activity Expands at Modest Pace for Second Month

[Reuters] Low US weekly jobless claims assuage fears of labor market deterioration

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] OPEC+ Agrees to Pause Oil Supply Increase After Price Rout

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mortgage Rates in the US Hold at the Lowest Level Since May 2023

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Merges Two Brokerages to Create $230 Billion Giant

[WSJ] America Still Has a Worker Shortage