The stock market is heading into a catalyst-filled week as Fed Chair Jerome Powell gets ready to speak at Jackson Hole and big retailers report earnings.

This week's set-piece event is the Jackson Hole central-bank gathering in Wyoming, slated for Thursday through Saturday. Investors will tune into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech for any hints on whether the central bank might kick off interest-rate cuts in September.

The takeaway is that markets aren’t pricing in any sort of “succession premium” tied to any one chairman. The glidepath of monetary policy — regardless of Powell’s successor — appears structural, anchored to the Fed’s backward-looking framework . If that holds, it would mark a break from recent history.

Futures tracking Canada's main stock index were flat on Wednesday, as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve's annual symposium later this week for clues on the monetary policy path.

US tech stocks sold off on Tuesday, and Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell will be between a rock and a hard place when he delivers his speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium this Friday. Plus, Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk has fallen behind its rivals. Does it have a plan to catch up?

U.S. stocks remained lower in final hour of trading on Tuesday, as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling 0.

Crypto bloodbath deepens with cryptocurrencies and crypto-related stocks down as traders await the July FOMC minutes and Powell’s Jackson Hole speech.

India’s equity benchmarks advanced for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, led by gains in technology and consumer shares, as investors positioned themselves ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium and looked to potential domestic tax reforms for a demand boost.

U.S. stocks opened with minor losses Monday and proceeded to flip between small gains and losses in directionless trade as investors awaited President Donald Trump's meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky,

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