Market Events Archive
Every major U.S. release and Fed event we covered: what was expected, what happened, why it mattered and the key takeaways. Each page reflects information available at the time of the event.
35 events match this view.
Growth & Activity
New home sales serve as a critical forward-looking indicator for consumer spending and underlying economic health. Swing and position traders monitored this release to see if…
Growth & Activity
Building permits serve as a critical leading indicator for economic health, offering Wall Street an early look into real estate activity and future construction spending. Swing…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks flash PMI data to gauge whether business activity is maintaining its momentum. With the previous composite reading sitting at a solid 56.0, traders…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks manufacturing production to gauge underlying economic momentum and industrial health. Swing and position traders watched this release to see if factory output…
Growth & Activity
Industrial production offers traders a direct look at physical output across manufacturing, mining, and utilities. With consensus expecting output to pick up to 0.30% from the…
Growth & Activity
Housing starts serve as a critical health check for underlying economic momentum and interest rate sensitivity. Wall Street monitored this release to see if new residential…
Growth & Activity
Building permits serve as a key leading indicator for housing health and broader macroeconomic momentum. Wall Street tracks this data closely because future construction permits…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely monitors the Retail Sales Control Group to gauge the core strength of the American consumer. A surprise reading this far above expectations forces traders to…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street watches Existing Home Sales as a key temperature check on consumer health and overall economic momentum. Because housing activity fuels major spending across secondary…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks the ISM Services report closely because the service sector accounts for the vast majority of U.S. economic output. An acceleration in business activity…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks Factory Orders to gauge underlying momentum in the manufacturing sector and broad economic health. Coming off a previous reading of -0.40%, position traders…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks the ISM Manufacturing PMI to gauge underlying industrial momentum and assess broader macroeconomic health. With the previous reading sitting at 52.8 in…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street watched this PMI release to see if manufacturing momentum was cooling toward expectations. Instead, the steady 53.9 reading beat forecasts and showed that economic…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks consumer sentiment because household confidence directly influences spending, the primary engine of economic growth. The final August reading of 51.7…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks the Chicago PMI as a vital pulse check on Midwest business activity and broader economic momentum. Going into the release, traders were watching to see…
Growth & Activity
Durable goods orders offer a direct look into corporate capital spending and overall manufacturing momentum. Traders monitored this growth signal to gauge whether business demand…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely monitors GDP updates to gauge whether economic expansion is cooling at an orderly pace or decelerating too rapidly. For swing and position traders, these…
Growth & Activity
New home sales serve as a vital pulse check on consumer health and overall economic momentum. Wall Street watched this release closely to see if housing demand could hold near the…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street monitors Consumer Confidence to gauge the resilience of the American consumer, who drives roughly 70% of U.S. economic activity. For swing and position traders, this…
Growth & Activity
Housing data serves as a critical leading indicator for broader economic momentum and consumer health. Swing traders monitored this final Building Permits release to gauge whether…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street watched this release closely to evaluate the trajectory of U.S. business expansion. The jump to 56.0 signals accelerating economic activity compared to the prior…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks manufacturing production to gauge the underlying health of the industrial economy. For swing and position traders, seeing whether output rebounds toward the…
Growth & Activity
Capacity utilization measures how efficiently the nation's industrial base is running relative to its full capacity. Traders monitor this metric to gauge economic slack, as high…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks consumer sentiment as an early signal for household spending, which drives the bulk of U.S. economic activity. A sharp drop alerts traders that consumer…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks retail sales because consumer spending generates the vast majority of U.S. economic output. With the control group reading feeding directly into GDP…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks existing home sales as a direct gauge of economic growth and consumer financial health. Traders watched this release to see if high interest rates are…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street tracks the ISM Services index closely because the service sector accounts for the vast majority of U.S. economic activity. A sudden move in this gauge gives swing and…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street was watching this final PMI print closely to gauge whether economic activity is gaining steam or slowing down. With the reading topping expectations, it confirms that…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street closely tracks core factory orders to gauge underlying momentum in manufacturing and business capital spending. This release offered traders fresh insight into whether…
Growth & Activity
Wall Street was watching this ISM release closely to see if manufacturing could break out of contraction. Crossing back above the pivotal 50.0 threshold provided an immediate…