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Kevin O’Leary claims that theme park attendance shows a healthy economy. But his numbers don’t show the whole story.

Earnings season marches on this week as investors will hear from big companies including Walt Disney, McDonald's and CoreWeave. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat. Powell’s term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, with Kevin Warsh’s Senate vote to confirm him as successor taking place as early as May 11. While Powell is set to bow out in charge of the Fed, he has said he would stay on as a governor.

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ON Semiconductor, Pfizer, Uber, McDonald’s, and many more will report earnings this week. Economic releases will include the April jobs report and purchasing managers index.

Markets enter a big week following last week's Federal Reserve meeting and mega-cap technology earnings convergence, with focus now shifting to Friday's April jobs report at 8:30am that will provide insights into labor market health amid geopolitical uncertainties and energy-driven economic pressures.

April jobs numbers come after hiring rose more than expected in March.

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week,  including earnings results out from companies like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Paramount Skydance (PSKY), Disney (DIS), Novo Nordisk (NVO), Pfizer (PFE), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), McDonald's (MCD), and Coinbase (COIN); a wave of fresh commentary from top Federal Reserve officials; and April's jobs reports due out next Friday. May 8.