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U.S. stock futures slipped on Monday following Friday’s mixed moves. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower.
All eyes will be on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell‘s upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday.
The theme for the 2025 symposium, which will take place from Aug. 21-23, is "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy."
Meanwhile, investors will also focus on the earnings from top U.S. retailers this week, including Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT), Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE:LOW), and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD)
According to FactSet, out of the 92% of S&P 500 companies that have already reported this quarter, 82% of the companies have surpassed Wall Street's expectations.
The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.29% and the two-year bond was at 3.74%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing an 84.8% likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting the current interest rates for the Sept. 17 decision.
| Futures | Change (+/-) |
| Dow Jones | -0.06% |
| S&P 500 | -0.12% |
| Nasdaq 100 | -0.13% |
| Russell 2000 | 0.13% |
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, fell in premarket on Monday. The SPY was down 0.11% at $642.73, while the QQQ declined 0.18% to $576.32, according to Benzinga Pro data.
Sectors recording the biggest losses on Friday included financials, industrials, and information technology, while real estate and health care services bucked the overall market trend.
Consequently, U.S. stocks settled mixed, with the S&P 500 closing lower as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of the Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meeting and after data showed a dip in consumer confidence alongside mounting inflation concerns. However, the broad market index still managed to record gains last week.
For the week, the Dow jumped 1.74%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose 0.94% and 0.81%, respectively, showing solid weekly performance.
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) shares jumped a notable 12% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) announced it had bought shares, which had previously tumbled by over 40% year-to-date.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) rose 3% on reports that the U.S. administration is considering taking a stake in the company to bolster domestic chip manufacturing.
On the economic data front, retail sales for July rose by 0.5% on a month-over-month basis, coming in as expected. However, consumer weakness surfaced in the latest University of Michigan’s flash consumer sentiment report for August. The University of Michigan's preliminary August survey showed consumer sentiment slipping to 58.6 from 61.7, missing expectations of 62.
The Dow Jones index ended 35 points or 0.078% higher at 44,946.12, whereas the S&P 500 index fell 0.29% to 6,449.80. Nasdaq Composite declined 0.40% to 21,622.98, and the small-cap gauge, Russell 2000, tumbled 0.55% to end at 2,286.52.
| Index | Performance (+/-) | Value |
| Nasdaq Composite | -0.40% | 21,622.98 |
| S&P 500 | -0.29% | 6,449.80 |
| Dow Jones | 0.078% | 44,946.12 |
| Russell 2000 | -0.55% | 2,286.52 |
Tom Lee of FundStrat expressed his hope for a "conciliatory tone” on the rate cuts from the Fed Chair Powell during his upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole economic symposium.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers criticized the current U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for weighing too directly on the direction of interest rates, something he believes could blur the lines between fiscal and monetary polices.
Summers, who served as the Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, says that he is surprised to see Bessent "be that prescriptive on interest rates," noting that usually administrative officials aren't involved in such judgements, while adding that he's "not sure it's helpful for the Administration to be publicly prescribing on monetary policy."
He also points to multiple forces that he believes are driving higher demand for capital, including "substantially elevated deficit spending," a surge in "data center spending," reduced U.S. trade deficits, and "higher asset prices" that limit the flow of savings.
Altogether, he says, these dynamics suggest that "neutral interest rates have risen quite substantially," noting that under such circumstances Bessent’s stance on steep rate reductions was misplaced.
In such a case, he notes, you shouldn't be "prescribing [a] 175 basis point cut in rates unless we see a recession."
Meanwhile, economist Peter Schiff said that President Trump's tariffs are likely headed for defeat at the U.S. Appellate Court, setting the stage for what he refers to as "another scapegoat" for the coming recession.
On Sunday, in a post on X, Schiff said, "The U.S. appellate court will likely strike down Trump’s tariffs as unconstitutional," bringing an end to a central piece of Trump's trade policy, while also opening the door for American importers to recover substantial sums of money already paid as tariffs.
"That means U.S. importers can get refunds on amounts paid," Schiff says, referring to the billions that the administration has collected from tariffs in recent months.
Schiff believes that this essentially sets the stage for Trump to blame "another scapegoat" for the upcoming recession, alongside Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he's been repeatedly attacking for not cutting rates fast enough, and former President Joe Biden.
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Crude oil futures were trading higher in the early New York session by 0.29% to hover around $62.16 per barrel.
Gold Spot US Dollar rose 0.45% to hover around $3,350.32 per ounce. Its last record high stood at $3,500.33 per ounce. The U.S. Dollar Index spot was 0.13% higher at the 97.9790 level.
Asian markets ended higher on Monday, except Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi indices. China’s CSI 300, Japan's Nikkei 225 indices fell, Australia's ASX 200, and India's S&P BSE Sensex indices rose. European markets were lower in early trade.
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