Earnings are due for $WMT next week and results from the retailer will be a gauge on consumer spending and inflation.

FED SPEAKERS THIS WEEK:

#FOMC MEMBER BARR (THURS. 10:00AM)
#FOMC MEMBER MESTER (THURS. 12:00PM)
#FOMC MEMBER BOSTIC (THURS. 3:50PM)
#FOMC MEMBER WALLER (FRI. 10:15AM)

FED SPEAKERS THIS WEEK:

#FED VICE CHAIR JEFFERSON (MON. 9:00AM)
#FOMC MEMBER MESTER (MON. 9:00AM)
#FOMC MEMBER COOK (TUES. 9:10AM)
#FED CHAIR POWELL (TUES. 10:00AM)
#FOMC MEMBER BOWMAN (WED. 3:20PM)

#Maruti Suzuki India expects its CNG car sales to rise over 30 per cent to around 6 lakh units this fiscal, according to a senior company official.

#Pfizer and #AstraZeneca announce new investments of nearly $1 billion in #France

Workers at Apple's (AAPL.O) store in Towson, Maryland, have voted in favor of authorizing a strike, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AIM) said in a statement late on Saturday.

$AAPL

Key #Events This Week:

7. NY Fed Manufacturing Survey - Wednesday

8. Cisco $CSCO Earnings - Wednesday

9. Walmart $WMT Earnings - Thursday

10. Initial Jobless Claims - Thursday

11. Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey - Thursday

Key #Events This Week:

1. Home Depot $HD Earnings - Tuesday

2. Alibaba $BABA Earnings - Tuesday

3. U.S. PPI Inflation - Tuesday

4. Fed Chair Powell Speech - Tuesday

5. U.S. CPI Inflation - Wednesday

6. U.S. Retail Sales - Wednesday

#British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said it would be 'not wise' for the UK to suspend arms sales to Israel, despite expressing concerns over the country's planned escalation in Rafah

- Israeli army issues new evacuation orders
- Health ministry says Gaza death toll nearing 35,000
- Israeli forces raid Arroub refugee camp near Hebron

#Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing 19 people and wounding dozens of others, health officials said.

#Iraq is committed to voluntary output oil cuts made by OPEC members - state news agency citing oil minister

#Iraq is keen on cooperating with OPEC members to work on achieving more stability in global oil markets - state news agency citing oil minister

$PLTR has become an “overhyped generative AI company,” according to RBCCM analyst Rishi Jaluria:

“I’m a huge believer in GenAI… and I think it is going to change society as we know it; I just don’t think Palantir is that cutting edge GenAI company that they’re claiming to be.”

The Biden administration will grant roughly $285 million in funding from the CHIPS for America Program to develop and research digital twins in the semiconductor industry.

Jerome Powell is struggling to shed his label as the lowest-rated US Federal Reserve chairman in nearly a quarter century, according to a new Gallup poll

South Korea will provide more than $7 billion to strengthen the country’s pivotal semiconductor industry, the finance minister says

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been able to make notable progress in taming inflation at minimal cost to the labor market. His luck may be about to run out

#SouthKorea 's spy agency on Sunday said it is looking into suspected #supply of #NorthKorean #weapons to #Russia for its war against #Ukraine , Yonhap news agency reported.

A strong dollar is an advantage in helping the US to finance large fiscal deficits for now, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says