Though early affects of tariffs might show up in today's June CPI report, inflation data and bank earnings could dominate the day, keeping tariff policy off the front page.
Stocks are mixed around midday, though the Nasdaq is at fresh all-time highs, as investors react to news that Nvidia will be able to sell its H20 AI chips in China.
Today offers little in terms of key data or earnings, but several large U.S. banks report early Tuesday and June consumer prices also bow then. Tariffs sent stocks lower last week.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite managed to eke out fresh record intraday highs this week in the face of several new tariff announcements this week. However, there are signs that momentum is waning and next week has multiple potential catalysts to test the bull's resiliency.
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