Highlights this week include a host of Fed speakers who might provide more insight into last week's rate hike. Trump meets with Xi on Thursday, putting trade in focus.

Crude oil futures (/CL) slipped Friday, with the front-month WTI contract falling back below $100 per barrel.

The number of people continuing to file for unemployment insurance has started to fall. Schwab's Kevin Gordon looks at what that labor market tightness may mean in the Week Ahead.

Our point of view on recent market and economic activity.

Stocks are giving back some of Thursday's gains in the final session of the week as Treasury yields move higher and with the markets digesting this week's Fed decision to hike rates.

Stocks are on track for weekly losses following a relatively hawkish FOMC meeting, higher yields and ongoing attacks in the Middle East which are keeping oil prices elevated.

What are the implications of a more hawkish Fed, and what should investors watch as markets weigh the possibility of additional rate hikes?

Investors will continue to digest the implications of the Fed's first rate hike in more than three years today, while geopolitical tensions, yields, and oil prices remain in focus.

Fed policymakers unanimously voted to raise rates 25 basis points, the first hike since 2023, and vowed to fight inflation. Another hike is seen this year, but 2027 is in question.