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.
101 events.
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…
Jobs
Wall Street closely tracks private payroll indicators to gauge the health of the labor market and its impact on broader economic momentum. Even without a published headline…
Federal Reserve
Comments from central bank officials give traders valuable context on how policymakers view the broader economic climate. Swing and position traders monitor these updates to gauge…
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…
Jobs
Wall Street monitors weekly jobless claims as a real-time health check on labor market momentum. Going into the print with a 210K consensus expectation, swing traders watched…
Federal Reserve
Wall Street tracks the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index as a key mid-month gauge of regional factory health and broader economic momentum. Heading into the release, traders…
Federal Reserve
Wall Street leaned heavily on these minutes to gauge whether rising Treasury yields and Middle East oil shocks would push the Fed toward further policy tightening. While markets…
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…
Inflation
Wall Street is watching the Import Price Index to track whether foreign goods are adding to broader inflation pressures. With consensus looking for a cool-down to 0.10% from the…
Federal Reserve
Wall Street closely tracks regional Fed service surveys because the services sector accounts for the vast majority of U.S. economic activity. For swing and position traders, these…
Inflation
Wall Street tracks the Export Price Index to gauge international trade demand and global inflation trends. Consensus projects a rebound to 0.20% following last month's -0.60%…
Jobs
Traders monitor ADP employment updates for a real-time pulse on private-sector hiring trends. Without a published consensus estimate, the desk evaluates whether job creation is…
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…
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve speeches are crucial touchpoints for swing and position traders looking to gauge the future path of interest rates. Official commentary provides fresh insight into…
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…
Inflation
Wall Street closely watched this Core PPI release to gauge wholesale inflation pressures before they filter down to consumer prices. With consensus calling for an acceleration to…
Jobs
Initial jobless claims give traders a weekly real-time check on labor market health and economic momentum. With consensus set at 202K, Wall Street watched this print closely to…
Inflation
Wall Street monitors the Consumer Price Index closely because inflation trends directly influence interest rate expectations and broader market sentiment. For swing and position…
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…
Jobs
Wall Street tracks ADP private payroll figures to gauge real-time shifts in hiring momentum ahead of broader economic updates. With the latest reading coming in below the previous…
Jobs
Initial jobless claims came in at 199K, beating consensus expectations of 202K and staying close to the previous reading of 198K. Wall Street tracks this weekly pulse closely to…
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…
Treasury
Wall Street closely tracks Treasury Refunding Announcements to see how the government plans to fund its debt across different maturities. The supply mix between short-term bills…
Jobs
Wall Street closely tracks ADP private payroll data to gauge the underlying strength of the labor market. A sudden drop in private hiring signals economic cooling, directly…
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…
Jobs
Wall Street monitors job openings to gauge labor demand and judge whether cooling employment conditions will support lower interest rates. Today's softer-than-expected reading…
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…