Stocks Mostly Up Pre-Bell as Traders Assess Middle East Developments, Await Key Inflation Data
The benchmark US stock measures were mostly pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as trader
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The benchmark US stock measures were mostly pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as trader
The stock market's first week after the Big Tech earnings extravaganza went about as well as any investor could have hoped.
Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.
President Donald Trump's policies, coupled with Wall Street's hottest trend, are a dangerous recipe for stocks.

Mexico’s inflation slows to 3.12% in July, lowest since 2020
Trump’s comments on jobs, inflation and a possible Strait of Hormuz deal have helped risk sentiment, but bitcoin’s next move depends on whether lower oil actual

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she is “prepared to act” if inflation remains too high above the Fed’s target rate.
Students and parents are breaking their back-to-school budgets thanks to inflation and social-media trends.
SGP-0003 bundles a fee overhaul with a doubling of the disinflation rate. It needs 40 million more SOL of validator support in two weeks to reach a vote.
Booming corporate profits are driving the S&P 500 near another record, dampening concerns about the war, inflation and more.
Oil and Treasury yields fell after fresh U.S.-Iran talks eased inflation fears, but bitcoin and ether failed to catch a bid as fresh Coldcard-linked sweeps push

TIPS data points to rising real yields, not inflation, a dynamic that weighs on non-yielding assets like Bitcoin.
The concern is understandable, since the consumer-price index affects everything from Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment to the interest rate ea
Three rate-setters rebelled against US central bank’s majority decision to hold rates steady this week
Internal divisions over whether to raise interest rates intensified at Kevin Warsh’s second meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Inflation has topped the Fed’s 2% target for more than five years
Kashkari and Hammack joined Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan in dissenting against holding the Fed's key overnight borrowing rate steady.
The decision was largely expected by investors, who have seen markets begin to churn amid ongoing concerns about higher oil prices and AI spending.
Bond yields are also higher on concerns about inflation.
Price pressures eased during a brief reprieve in the war with Iran, but the resumption of fighting suggests that inflation risks are still prevalent.