Markets Gear Up for Q3 Earnings Season
This wasn’t going to be one of those eventful weeks for economic data anyway. Aside from a delayed Trade Deficit and sure-to-be-postponed Weekly Jobless Claims and Inventories numbers later in the coming days, the federal government shutdown which began last week hasn’t impeded much data so far, at least for this week.Expected later today are the prepared minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in mid-September. In its policy statement, the Fed agreed to lower the Fed funds rate 25 bas ...