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Home Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart and Target report earnings this week, offering a clear picture of how consumers are faring amid inflation and high energy costs.

Nvidia and Walmart will close out a strong earnings season later this week but investors are looking for signs of inflation-weary consumers.

Consumer companies could steal the spotlight as markets look to assess the health of the economy amid renewed inflation fears.

Stock market investors await Nvidia earnings and the Google I/O Conference, as well as a key conference from the Atlanta Federal Reserve.

All three major indexes stumbled on Friday as inflation worries and geopolitical concerns dampened market optimism.

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a look at the top stories for investors to watch for the week of May 18, including Nvidia (NVDA) and Walmart (WMT) earnings, Tuesday’s Pending Home Sales report, and the release of the Fed’s April FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Two themes critical to the U.S. stock market -- the artificial intelligence boom and inflation-pressured consumer spending -- will come under the

It's time to add exposure to businesses that consumers depend on regardless of the economic backdrop.

The April inflation report landed with a number the Federal Reserve hoped it would never have to explain again. Consumer prices rose 3.8% year over year, the highest reading since 2023 and a sharp jump from March’s 3.3%. Energy did most of the damage: gasoline ripped 21% in March, the biggest monthly increase in data ... The Fed’s Worst-Case Scenario Is Quietly Unfolding

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, while the S&P 500 also inched 0.2% higher and the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.1%. Investor attention is focused squarely on events later in the week, including inflation data and a meeting between the U.S. and China. Sure, there’s still a war going on, and the impasse in the Gulf shows no signs of ending as the U.S. and Iran fail to reach a peace agreement.

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