US Equity Investors to Focus on Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge, Fed Speeches This Week

07:18 AM EDT, 09/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity investors will focus primarily on the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, quarterly economic growth data, and speeches from key central bank officials this week.

* The highlight this week is the Fed's preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, price index slated for Friday. A 0.2% uptick is expected for the core PCE price index for August, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

* Also on this week's docket is the third and final estimate for Q2 gross domestic product, with forecasters expecting no change from a 3.3% growth in the last report.

* Other economic data scheduled for release this week include the new home sales bulletin, the durable goods orders report, and the international trade in goods bulletin.

* Investors will get a chance to hear more on the Fed's decision to cut interest rates for the first time since December from a deluge of Fed speakers this week, including Chair Jerome Powell.

* Last Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee moved to lower the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of 4% to 4.25%.

* On the earnings front, Costco (COST) and Accenture (ACN) are expected to release their quarterly reports Thursday.

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