This week will bring fresh data on inflation, the housing market, and retail sales after a volatile week for markets amid worries about the health of the economy. A handful of Federal Reserve speakers will also give remarks during the week, potentially offering more ins𝓀ights.

Investors could get more updates on the health of consumer spending as well, when major retailers including Walmart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD) report earnings.

Monday, August 12

• New York Fed consumer inflation expectations (July)

Tuesday, August 13

• NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (July)
• Producer Price Index (July)
• Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic delivers remarks
• Home Depot (HD) and SunLife Financial (SLF) report earnings

Wednesday, August 14

• Consumer Price Index (July)
• Cisco Systems (CSCO) and UBS AG (UBS) report earnings

Thursday, August 15

• Initial jobless claims (Week ending August 10)
• Empire State Manufacturing Index (August)
• Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (August)
• Housing market index (August)
• Industrial production and capacity utilization (July)
• Retail sales (July)
• Business inventories (June)
• St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem and Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker deliver remarks
• Walmart (WMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Applied Materials (AMAT), John Deere (DE) and JD.Com (JD) report earnings

Friday, August 16

• Housing starts (July)
• Consumer sentiment - preliminary (August)
• Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee delivers remarks

Fresh Da🐲ta on Inflation, Housing, and Retail Sales

Tuesday's 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Producer Price Index (PPI) will offer an update on wholesale inflation, while Wednesday's release of the July 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Consumer Price Index (CPI) will show whether consumer inflation will continue its downward trend after dropping to an annual rate of 3% in the prior 🌠month. 

The latest inflation data could influence the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates. While easing price pressures could raise expectations of an interest rate cut, a higher reading would raise worries that rates will remain elevated.

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic, St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker, and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee are all scheduled to deliver remarks this week, 𝄹potentially offering more insights. 

Market watchers will also get sentiment surveys from home builders on Wednesday and consumers on Friday. Retail sales numbers on Thursday will follow a surprisingly strong July report that showed 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:consumers st⛄ill had an appetite for spending, and housing starts data on Friday will show whether builders are able to follow up on 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:June’s increase in construction, po💃tential🌠ly providing relief to a housing market struggling to build up inventory.  

Investors will likely be watching to see if Thursday’s weekly initial jobless claims data will continue to 澳洲幸𒁏运5官方开奖结果体彩网:show resilience in the labor market ꦬas well, after last week's report helped🌃 ease concerns about the economy.

Retailers Report Earnings, Including Walmart

Along with retail sales data, Thursday will bring a quarterly update from the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:nation’s largest retailer, Walmart. The big box chain surprised analysts with 6% year-over-year revenue🌺 growth in the first quarter, and the company raised its full-year guidance.

Meanwhile, Home Depot is expected to 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:post slight declines in s꧒ales and profits from the same time last year, as inflation-weary consumers have pulled back on big-ticket spendiಌng for home improvement projects.

Investors could also get a look at international retail trends this week with reports from 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and . 

Cisco earnings on Tuesday could highlight tech infrastructure spending, while financial firms SunLife Financial and UBS are also scheduled to report.