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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.

  1. ADP Employment Change

    Jobs

    Private-sector payroll updates give traders an important signal on the health of the US workforce. Even without a new headline metric in this release, keeping tabs on employment…

  2. Fed Balance Sheet

    Federal Reserve

    The Fed balance sheet update gives traders a clear view of central bank liquidity and ongoing quantitative tightening trends. While balance sheet data rarely creates sudden…

  3. ISM Services PMI

    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…

  4. Initial Jobless Claims

    Jobs

    Wall Street monitors weekly jobless claims as a primary real-time gauge of labor market health. For swing and position traders, these figures directly shape expectations around…

  5. Fed Waller Speech

    Federal Reserve

    Federal Reserve speeches serve as a major catalyst for position traders looking to align with the central bank's policy trajectory. Markets parsed Governor Waller's remarks for…

  6. Fed Beige Book

    Federal Reserve

    Wall Street parses the Fed Beige Book for real-time qualitative clues on economic health ahead of upcoming monetary policy decisions. Because this report provides ground-level…

  7. Factory Orders

    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…

  8. Dallas Fed Services Index

    Federal Reserve

    Regional Fed service surveys provide traders with early, localized insights into the largest sector of the U.S. economy. While this qualitative release carries low direct market…

  9. ISM Manufacturing PMI

    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…

  10. Job Openings (JOLTS)

    Jobs

    Wall Street closely monitors job openings to gauge whether labor demand is cooling enough to ease policy pressure without triggering a sharper economic slowdown. For swing and…

  11. PMI Report

    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…

  12. Fed Barr Speech

    Federal Reserve

    Wall Street closely monitors commentary from Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr to gauge the central bank's broader policy tone and financial stability outlook. Swing and position…