Traders worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading in New York City on August 26, 2025.
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this S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Materials Tuesday’s water will be in trouble on Tuesday the day after investors try to grasp the U.S. economy.
The wide market index hovers around the flat line, as do the Nasdaq technicians. this Dow Jones Industrial AverageHowever, it rose by 37 points or 0.1%.
Investor concerns are that the Bureau of Labor Statistics updated its work figures until March, and the economy may not stick to and previously thought the situation has intensified as before, thus reducing the total wage earnings for the period by 911,000. Not only did it revise the high end of Wall Street expects, it was also the largest revision in the record dating back to 2002.
While the data had the least impact on stocks on Tuesday, as they were about data from six months ago, the report could reinforce calls for the Fed to lower tax rates this year.
“Work pictures have been deteriorating, and while this should allow the Fed to lower rates this fall, it may also put some cold water on recent rally,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Northlight Asset Management.
Wall Street is working with chip manufacturers (e.g. Broadcom and Nvidia Help bring the Nasdaq to its all-time high. Broadcom shares reversed the course at a meeting on Tuesday, after two trading days earning well in the first two trading days. The stock lasted 2%, although its weekly improvement was still 13%.
Now, investors are preparing for two key inflation reports that can determine what will be done at next week’s meeting. Last week, a surprising job report increased, hoping the path to interest rates is lower, but any surprising strength of inflation readings could give this prospect a wrench. The August producer price index report will be released on Wednesday morning, while the Consumer Price Index is scheduled to be released on Thursday.
“If CPI has a higher inflation rate on Thursday, then the market will start to worry about stagnation,” Zaccarelli said. “This year, the bull market is already very resilient, but we may be approaching the inflection point of testing again.”