Wall Street closed in the red for the fourth consecutive day|Sjoerd van Oosten|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Stocks closed lower for the fourth straight day Thursday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced the Federal Reserve would continue to raise interest rates.

The labor market however stays strong, despite slow demand; the unemployment benefit claims saw a decline last week.

In other news, today, the government will launch the last jobs report before the midterms.