Wall Street week ahead: Home Depot and Walmart report earnings, minutes of Fed meeting are released
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street will get financial updates from some of the nation's biggest retailers this week, along with more details from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting. Home Depot reports its latest results on Tuesday, followed by Target and Lowes on Wednesday, and then Walmart on Thursday. The results will help give investors a more detailed picture of how businesses and consumers are handling stubbornly high inflation. The rate of inflation remains solidly above 3%. The U S. a...
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