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Stocks Lower on $90 Oil, Weak Payrolls | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 3/6/2026

On today's episode of Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec discuss today's trade as stocks stay under pressure with oil hitting $90 a barrel and a weak February payrolls report stoking risk-off sentiment. Bloomberg's Mike McKee and LinkedIn Chief Economist Karin Kimbrough weigh in on payrolls. Then, Ellen Wald, President of Transversal Consulting and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses the oil market as the Iran war ignites concerns over fuel supplies and pushes oil prices and US pump prices higher. Plus, Bloomberg News Senior Editor for Credit James Crombie weighs in on more private credit worries as BlackRock curbs withdrawals from one of its biggest private funds. (Source: Bloomberg)