The Week Ahead: Big Tech Earnings, Fed Rate Decision and Oil Markets Move in Focus

TLDR

• The Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday, with rates expected to hold at 3.5%–3.75%, though a hike remains possible
• Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Apple all report earnings this week, with AI spending under scrutiny
• Alphabet beat expectations last week but its stock fell after it raised AI infrastructure spending forecasts
• Oil prices dropped to around $91 a barrel Monday after signs of a temporary pause in US-Iran fighting
• Core PCE inflation data and GDP figures are due Thursday, giving the Fed fresh data before any future rate decisions

The biggest week of the earnings season is here. Four of the world’s largest tech companies report results, the Federal Reserve makes its latest rate call, and oil markets are reacting to developments in the Middle East.

Investors will be watching all of it closely.

The Fed meets Tuesday and Wednesday. Markets currently price a 66% chance that rates stay unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75%. But there is roughly a one-in-three chance of a hike, according to current wagers.

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