Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits key inflation data: Live updates

Stock futures were small changed connected Sunday arsenic investors cogwheel up for a data-heavy week that includes 2 intimately watched readings connected inflation.

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 18 points, oregon 0.04%. S&P 500 futures pulled backmost 0.09%, alongside Nasdaq 100 futures.

Investors are awaiting 2 captious ostentation reports this week for much penetration into the wellness of the economy, aft weaker-than-expected hiring information connected Friday. The shaper terms scale study for August is owed retired Wednesday morning, followed by the user terms scale connected Thursday.

The information follows the lackluster August jobs study that helped substance capitalist anticipation that the Federal Reserve is each but assured to little benchmark involvement rates astatine its argumentation gathering aboriginal this month. The jobs figures besides raised the imaginable of a half-point complaint cut, per trading information from the FedWatch tool.

"Although we cannot beryllium certain, it is imaginable that the occupation marketplace is overmuch weaker than the Federal Reserve is alert of oregon consenting to acknowledge," said Tom Hulick, CEO of Strategy Asset Managers, which has $850 cardinal successful assets nether management. "There is important scope for short-term Treasury yields to fall, particularly the two-year, if revisions proceed to beryllium negative."

Investors volition beryllium watching the reports to gauge the economy's resilience, hoping to gauge whether stocks tin proceed to commercialized astatine grounds highs. Heading into Monday trading, the S&P 500 is conscionable 0.8% disconnected its astir caller record, alongside the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the 30-stock Dow, per FactSet data.