The first week of April brought unexpected news to the market as OPEC+ announced an oil production cut, spiking oil prices and complicating the Fed's fight against inflation. The jobs report also showed a cooling of hiring trends, which initially caused some concern, but the non-farm payroll report helped to ease some of those worries.
In the second week, data showed a downward trend in inflation, but the Fed remained cautious about the state of the economy....