Economic Data

Builder sentiment collapsed below expectations in October, raising questions about construction financing demand and mortgage-backed security performance.

Analysis of 12 bull markets since 1950 finds zero correlation between duration and market termination; reversals consistently follow specific economic catalysts, not calendar age.

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 89.4 in August, dragging the Nasdaq 100 from a 1.1 percent gain to 0.4 percent as investors await Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech and Nvidia earnings

Economic data releases at 8:30 a.m. ET create predictable order imbalances that equity traders can exploit in the volatile first hour of trading

The rand steadied on Tuesday as markets awaited South Africa's unemployment and manufacturing figures.

Nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000, but participation rate hit 61.8%—the lowest since September 2021—signaling the labor market's gains may be more cyclical than structural.

Participation fell to 61.4% in July 2026, its lowest since March 2021, with demographic shifts and immigration slowdown accounting for most of the decline.

Investors slash U.S. and U.K. rate-increase expectations on softer economic data, but long-duration Treasury yields climb as real-money buyers grow selective on entry points

Business sentiment reached its highest level since 2011, but the S&P 500 went flat and the Nasdaq fell 0.6 percent, widening a gap between executive confidence and market reality

Weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer spending data pressured technology and e-commerce stocks, dragging the Nasdaq Composite down 0.6 percent.