Wall Street today: US stocks gain, all eyes on Jackson Hole summit

Wall Street today: US stocks gain, all eyes on Jackson Hole summit

US stock indices gained on Monday as all eyes are on Jackson Hole Economic Symposium to be held later this week. At the symposium, global central bank officials, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, will speak on policy issues. Investors will try to seek clues from Powell’s keynote speech on Friday and other Fed speakers …

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Stocks drop, Nasdaq confirms correction as recession fears mount

Stocks drop, Nasdaq confirms correction as recession fears mount

U.S. stocks sold off for a second straight session on Friday, and the Nasdaq Composite confirmed it was in correction territory after a soft jobs report stoked fears of an oncoming recession. The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls increased by 114,000 jobs last month, well short of the 175,000 average forecast by economists polled by …

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Wall Street week ahead: Focus on factory output, retail sales data, Q2 results of Netflix & Goldman Sachs

Wall Street week ahead: Focus on factory output, retail sales data, Q2 results of Netflix & Goldman Sachs

Next Week, Wall Street will see two key economic reports on industrial production and retail sales, and second quarter results of several major companies such as streaming giant Netflix, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Abbott Laboratories, and Johnson & Johnson. After Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony to the US Congress last week, investors will …

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