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CPI Ahead: Hot Reading Could Lift Rate Hike Odds

Today's Consumer Price Index for August is expected to show monthly CPI up 0.4% and core CPI up 0.2%. More energized readings might increase odds of a rate hike next week

After Three-Day Slide, Traders Await Key PPI Data

August PPI is due at 8:30 a.m ET and precedes CPI Friday. Both have Fed rate implications. Stocks fell early this week on rising oil and yields. Oracle and Adobe report l

Apple Event, Treasury Auction Fill Time Before PPI

Before PPI tomorrow, investors await an Apple event that may introduce a folding iPhone. There's also a 10-year Treasury note auction. Oil and yields remain headwinds for

Treasury Auctions, CPI Could Provide Fresh Clues

After a surprisingly firm August jobs report Friday that sent stocks down on rate hike fears, the market returns from a holiday weekend awaiting CPI data and Treasury auc

All Eyes on Jobs Report After Thursday's Rebound

Thursday's rebound faces a test today from nonfarm payrolls data. Jobs growth is expected to be 45,000 in August, and rate hike odds were 50-50 going into the 8:30 a.m. E

After Broadcom's Beat, Investors Await Jobs Data

Broadcom earnings late yesterday beat expectations but shares initially dipped. Investors await today's initial jobless claims and tomorrow's critical nonfarm payrolls da

Mulling Tech Earnings, Investors Watch Oil, Yields

After yesterday's tech sell-off sparked by rising oil and yields after fresh U.S. strikes on Iran, investors digest results from Dell and Palo Alto Networks and await Bro

Oil, Yields in Focus with Job Openings, Dell Next

After the week began with oil surging on new violence in the Middle East and yields up, investors await July job openings data and earnings later from Dell and Palo Alto

Warsh's Words Spark Hike Fears with Jobs Data Next

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh left the market anxious Friday about possible rate hikes, with odds for a September hike up sharply. Jobs data this week could help shape the dec

Warsh Watch: Fed Chair Remarks Could Set Tone

The 10 a.m. ET speech today by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is likely the day's biggest news, coming a day after technology stocks drove indexes higher. Crude and yields crept u

Nvidia Results Mulled Ahead of Fed's Warsh Speech

Nvidia's results are likely to drive the market today ahead of Friday's speech from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Investors are also digesting results from Salesforce and Cro

Markets' Two-Part Test: Nvidia Earnings, PCE Data

Investors will have plenty to monitor today. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge and GDP data are due this morning, while Nvidia and other major tech earnings arrive after

Trade Tensions, Nvidia Overshadow Economic Data

Consumer confidence and new home sales reports are on the menu today, but attention remains on looming Nvidia earnings and PCE inflation data amid brewing trade tensions.

PCE Data, Nvidia Earnings Loom As Yields Climb

The Fed's favored inflation gauge, the Jackson Hole Symposium, and Nvidia earnings highlight a critical week with oil prices and Treasury yields rising. Important Disclo

Yields, Oil In-Focus Amid Light Earnings Slate

A light earnings and economic slate could keep oil prices and Treasury yields in the spotlight today. Yields rose Thursday despite another Treasury Department interventio

Walmart Up Next as Market Ponders Treasury's Move

Walmart's results loom before the open. Yesterday saw bond yields fall as the Treasury stepped in. Fed minutes revealed some willingness to raise rates if inflation doesn

Fed Minutes Awaited as Stocks Stumble on Yields

Rising U.S. and global yields continue to drag the stock market, now down three days in a row. Fed minutes later could shed light on the rate debate. Target reports this

Home Depot, Housing Starts Due After Weak Monday

Housing starts and building permits arrive this morning along with Home Depot earnings after a weak Monday that saw higher yields and oil weigh on major indexes. Importa

High Yields, Soft Data Mulled as Retailers Report

Rising oil sent yields higher and slowed market gains last week amid a slate of relatively soft U.S. data. This week brings retailer results, but war remains a large conc

Retail Sales are Last Rung on Weekly Data Ladder

After Thursday's all-time SPX highs on falling oil and yields, investors face another test this morning with July retail sales, seen up 0.2%. Retail earnings start next w