Wall Street Enters Big Week With Walmart, Target Earnings and Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting Ahead Wall Street begins the week of August 17 with stocks still hovering near record territory but showing early signs of strain, after a surprisingly weak July retail sales report and a softening jobs picture combined to pull major indexes down … Read more
Fed Rate Pause Looks More Likely After New Inflation Data: What Borrowers Should Know The latest U.S. inflation report has shifted one of the most important financial conversations in America: Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates again, or is a pause becoming the most likely outcome? Following the July 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) … Read more
July Inflation Came In Right on Target at 3.4% — But Wages Are Losing the Race The Consumer Price Index rose just 0.1% in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, August 12, cooling the annual inflation rate to 3.4% from June’s 3.5% — a result that landed exactly in line with Wall Street’s … Read more
July CPI Report Due Today — Why Economists Expect Inflation to Reverse Course After June’s Surprise Drop The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its July Consumer Price Index report today, Wednesday, August 12, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time — and economists widely expect it to reverse the surprisingly good inflation news from June, driven by … Read more
Wall Street Braces for Wednesday’s CPI Report as Oil Rallies on Stalled Hormuz Talks Wall Street enters this week’s trading with two major forces pulling in opposite directions: a critical July inflation report due Wednesday that could tip the scales on whether the Federal Reserve raises interest rates next month, and a fresh oil rally … Read more
U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Lost 23,000 Jobs in July, Confounding Forecasts of a Gain The U.S. economy shed 23,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, August 7 — a sharp reversal from economists’ expectations of solid job gains and the first outright payroll decline in months, even as the unemployment … Read more
July Jobs Report Due Today — Economists Expect 85,000 New Jobs After a Rocky Few Months The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its closely watched July employment report today, Friday, August 7, at 8:30 a.m. ET, capping a week of mixed labor market signals that have left economists and investors uncertain about whether the U.S. … Read more
Job Openings Slip to 7.36 Million in June, Falling Short of Expectations Ahead of Friday’s Jobs Report U.S. job openings edged lower in June, coming in below Wall Street’s expectations and offering the latest signal of a labor market that continues to cool gradually rather than dramatically, according to data released Tuesday, August 4, by … Read more
Fed Holds Rates Steady as Three Officials Revolt — Markets Swing Wildly, Then Rebound The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on July 29, 2026, but the decision was anything but routine. Three regional Fed presidents broke ranks to demand a rate hike, marking the most internal opposition a sitting Fed chair has faced in … Read more
U.S. GDP Growth Beats Expectations, Strengthening Outlook for the American Economy The U.S. economy expanded faster than expected in the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report released on July 30, 2026, providing fresh evidence that economic activity remains resilient despite elevated interest rates and global uncertainty. Strong consumer spending, steady business investment, and continued labor … Read more