Next Week on the Street: Earnings, CPI, Lasso's Back & March Madness
Get ready for a big earnings week. Lennar, Adobe, FedEx, and Dollar General are all expected to report. Of the economic reports coming out, Tuesday's CPI drop will have investors watching to see where we stand with inflation because that will help inform the Federal Reserve's plan to adjust interest rates.
Looking for something more fun? The news season of Ted Lasso drops and March Madness gets underway.
Stocks were generally flat after the opening bell on Friday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments in a speech at Spelman College later. Investors are growing optimistic that the central bank is done raising rates and may start cutting next year.
The network of nearly 4,800 fake accounts was attempting to build an audience when it was identified and eliminated by the tech company, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year's elections, Meta said Thursday.