
Week In Perspective August 25, 2025: Fed Weighs Rate Move
Stocks were mixed last week despite a powerful Friday rally sparked by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who opened the door to adjusting short-term interest rates.
Stocks were mixed last week despite a powerful Friday rally sparked by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who opened the door to adjusting short-term interest rates.
Stocks rose last week despite mixed signals on inflation as investors kept one eye on the Fed’s September meeting.
Stocks rode the wave of trade developments and Q2 corporate results to advance last month, pushing market averages to multiple record highs.
Stocks rebounded last week as investor optimism for a September rate adjustment and strong Q2 corporate results overcame the rollout of fresh tariffs.
Stocks fell last week as investors assessed progress on trade negotiations, new U.S. tariffs, and fresh data on the U.S. economy.
Expectation-beating Q2 results from several companies, trade updates, and investor optimism for more trade agreements pushed market averages to solid gains.
Stocks were mixed last week, battling through tariff talk while responding to upbeat quarterly corporate reports and a trove of updates on the economy.
Stocks were slightly lower last week, while looking past news of fresh U.S. tariffs on nearly two dozen countries.
Markets rose in the second quarter as investors witnessed the new U.S. trade policy's impacts unfold, while tensions continued in the Middle East.
Trade developments and continued momentum pushed all three major averages to modest gains again for a shortened holiday trading week.
Stocks staged a broad-based rally last week on investors’ hopes for a lasting Middle East ceasefire, hitting fresh record highs along the way.
Stocks were mixed during the holiday-shortened trading week as uncertainty over conflict in the Middle East weighed on investors.
Stocks fell last week as an up-and-down mix of trade progress and anxiety, economic news, and geopolitical tensions netted out.
Stocks notched solid gains in May as investors cheered progress on trade deals and upbeat first-quarter corporate reports.
Stocks rallied last week as investors responded to upbeat economic data and easing trade tensions.
Stocks advanced over the short trading week, bolstered by a possible trade deal with the European Union and an upbeat corporate report from a mega-cap tech company that creates semiconductors used in the creation of artificial intelligence.